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?

study. He

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

did she take the check to

photo

it the one George had

a box on the nightstand. He opened it, and

fingers clenched around the photo.

hadn't she told him? She could have told

strangely familiar about the young

before-she

who had

it be that the girl who

the person all these

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,

him? Was she the

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