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?

quickly stood up, striding out of the study. He pushed

gone. She had left while he was away. She had gone

take the check to meet

a photo

Was it the

narrowed as he noticed a box on the

sharp fingers clenched around the photo. His usually handsome face darkened with anger and

hadn't she told him? She could have told

was something strangely familiar about the young girl in the photo. He'd

as realization hit. He had seen this girl before-she was the

the girl who had saved him was

who saved him wasn't

mistaken the person

of death. He

was it Wendy who had saved him? Was she the

to me?" Cecelia's voice snapped him back to the