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.

She spoke to the woman behind the counter. It took a while before she finally took the

you want to record it?" The man

"What do you mean?"

it from your phone. I'm not going to replay it again for you

guilty for putting him in this position, but I didn't. I was

video again. It took a lot of effort on my part

me. I expected more of her. But I could see why Dexter said he expected her to take that ring. She was probably with me because of my money. She didn't even

she had been stealing from me while we were

to their records, the individual who had reserved

Dexter and just told

hours of my life. I was

had no idea why I was

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 the trash bin.

grabbed the crumpled piece of paper and brought it to my table. The folders were still stacked up, and I opened the first

clearly wrote the signature

just kept giving her the benefit of the doubt, but they

was already past

I expected to see Desiree there, but was glad she was not inside. She was probably sleeping somewhere,

console or pamper someone. I

was about to charge my new phone when I

the TV and checked where the remote control could

phone and

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

could find

of them were of me and her or

to the videos and played the first

birthday to

angelic. She approached me, holding a cake with a candle in just

singing.

the space next to me. I wasn't even capturing the

a wish and blow the

did you even hide that cake in the bathroom?" I

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

I said, and