The Forgotten Luna by Cassandra M

Chapter 13

KAEL.

"If you press a fucking alarm, you will surely not like what I'm going to do with you."

"This is harassment, sir."

"No. This is frustration, sir! I want my ring back. My wife is missing. She has that ring, and I want to know who sold it here!" I snapped at him.

He swallowed.

"Do you have a wife?" I asked him.

He nodded.

"Do you love her?"

He nodded again.

"I have a wife, too. I want her back, but I don't know where to start." I put my hand in my back pocket and pulled out my wallet.

I opened it and took out stacks of bills, placing them on the counter in front of him. "Now, I just want to see the CCTV of the person who left this ring. And who bought it. Also the buyer's information on when he will come to pick it up. I meant no harm. I want to know so I can buy it from him." I was talking calmly this time.

He didn't talk, but his eyes were on the cash in front of him.

"You can buy many things with that money. Buy something for your wife or kids if you have any. I'm not even going to take the tape or the recording. I just want to see it."

"After this, you will leave?" He asked in a low voice.

"Once I see the video and after you give me the information about the buyer." I made it clear.

He grabbed the cash on the counter, inserted it into his pocket, and walked to the back of the shop. He then led me to a door that had a narrow hallway before it came to another door.

The security room. I didn't say anything and watched as he operated it, rewinding the recordings for the day, and my heart dropped because I was sure I saw Adessa.

"That one..." I didn't know where I found the voice to speak.

He stopped and rewinded a bit more before playing it all.

and Adessa stepped in, looking at her back before going directly to the counter. She spoke to the woman behind the counter. It took a while before she finally took the ring from her

want to record it?" The man

"What do you mean?"

again for you on another day.

putting him in this position, but I

that Dexter had bought for me earlier and asked him to start the video again. It took a lot of effort on my part to refrain from punching anything while watching the same

he expected her to take that ring. She was probably with me because of my money. She didn't even wait for a day to

she had been stealing from me while we were

me that, according to their records, the

say anything to Dexter and just told him

was the longest three hours of my life. I was drowning in silence.

had no idea why I was

Desiree met me by the entrance and began chattering about how inconsiderate of me to leave the territory without letting her know. I didn't say anything. I didn't try to explain. I just walked away and locked myself inside my office. My eyes fell on

and brought it to my table. The folders were still stacked up, and

wrote

kept giving her the benefit of the doubt, but they seemed right about

past

room. I expected to see Desiree there, but was glad she was not inside. She was probably sleeping somewhere, pissed off at me. But if she

in the mood to console or pamper

I closed the curtains and was about to charge my new phone when I suddenly had the curiosity to watch

instead, I connected the phone to the TV and checked where the remote control could be. I opened the drawers until I finally found it, and beside it was

the phone and turned it

smiling, and I was smiling too. We looked happy, and it left a pang of pain inside

I could find

only had a few, but all of

the videos

birthday to you.

candle in just her nightwear, But she had her golden robe on her. The recording started midway. Thad probably grabbed the phone

singing.

her sit in the space next to me. I wasn't even capturing the cake at the angle of the video. It was all on her

me make a wish and blow the candle,

in the bathroom?" I asked

witch. I can hide things and make them appear out of nowhere..." She winked at

I know," I said, and she giggled again. "A beautiful