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.

counter. It took a while before she

record it?" The man

"What do you mean?"

phone. I'm not going to replay it again for you on another day. You

in this position, but I didn't. I was

had bought for me earlier and asked him to start the video again. It took a lot of effort

why Dexter said 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 sell

wondered if she had been stealing from me while we were

how I was able to get back inside my car. He informed me that, according to their records, the individual who had reserved the ring

and just told him

life.

no idea why

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

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

clearly wrote the signature

the benefit of the doubt, but they seemed

already past ten

to see Desiree there, but was glad she was not inside. She was probably sleeping somewhere, pissed off at me. But if she expected me to come to her tonight, she'd be waiting

not in the mood to console or pamper someone. I

closed the curtains and was about to charge my new phone when

I connected the phone to the TV and checked where the remote control could be. I opened the drawers

took the phone and

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

I could

I only had a few, but all of them were of me and her

the videos

to

and it was so sweet and angelic. She approached me, holding a cake with a candle in just her nightwear, But she had her golden robe on

singing.

wasn't even capturing

wish and blow the candle, which I

that cake in the bathroom?"

hide things and

know," I said, and she