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?

of the study. He pushed open the bedroom door, but the

was away. She had gone to find George on

take the check

photo of

it the one George

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

up and glanced at it, but within seconds, his long, sharp fingers clenched around the photo. His usually

told him? She could

gaze sharpened. There was something strangely familiar about the young girl in the photo. He'd seen

realization hit. He had seen this girl before-she was the one who had saved him in the

had saved him

girl who saved him wasn't

mistaken the person all these

gravely injured back then and was on the brink of death. He

was it Wendy who had saved him? Was she the girl

to me?" Cecelia's voice