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?

up, striding out of the study. He pushed open the

left while he was away. She had gone to find George on

the check to meet

a photo

photo? Was it the one

as he noticed a box on the nightstand. He opened it, and inside,

seconds, his long, sharp fingers clenched around the photo. His usually handsome face darkened with anger and

hadn't she told him? She

familiar about the young girl in the

He had seen this girl before-she was the one

who had saved him

the girl who saved him

mistaken the

He hadn't been able to see

had saved him? Was she the girl from that

Mr. Hawk, are you listening to me?" Cecelia's voice snapped him back to the