The Heartbreak Prescription

Stanley didn't lift his eyes from the papers. "Go ahead."

"Ten years ago, George was imprisoned for child molestation, child abuse, and attempted rape."

The pen in Stanley's hand suddenly paused, its tip pressing down on the paper. He looked up at Zayn, shocked." And the victim was Wendy?"

Zayn nodded. "Yes, Mr. Hawk. George is a pervert and scum"

Stanley's handsome features hardened into a cold, sharp expression. He had suspected there was some dark history between Wendy and George, but he never imagined it would be something like this.

Just then, a ringtone echoed through the room, breaking the tension. It was a call.

Stanley answered, and Cecelia's frantic voite came through the line. "Mr. Hawk, Wendy's in trouble!"

Stanley gripped the phone tightly. "What happened to Wendy?"

"Wendy took a check to meet that animal, George. I followed her to the nightclub, but by the time I got inside, she was gone. He took her!"

What?

He

left while he was away. She had gone

did she take the check to

photo of her," Cecelia

Was it the one

a box on the nightstand. He opened it, and inside, a photo

seconds, his long, sharp fingers clenched around the

told him? She could have told

strangely familiar about the young girl in the

before-she

the girl who had

girl who

he mistaken the person all

had been gravely injured back then and was on the brink of death. He hadn't been able to see the girl's face clearly. The next morning, when he woke up,

saved him? Was she the girl

are you listening to me?" Cecelia's voice snapped him back