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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 shand suddenly paused its tip pressing down on the paper He looked up atZ ayn shocked And the victim was Wendy
Z ayn nodded Yes Mr Hawk George is a pervert and scum
Stanley’shandsomefeatureshardenedintoacold,sharpexpression.He hadsuspectedtherewassomedarkhistorybetweenWendyandGeorge,butheneverimagineditwouldbesomethinglikethis.
Just then a ring tone echoed through the room breaking the tension It was a call
Stanley answered and Cecelia s frantic vo it e came through the line Mr Hawk Wendy s in trouble
Stanley grippedthe phonetightly.”WhathappenedtoWendy?”
“Wendytookacheckto meetthatanimal,George.Ifollowedhertothenightclub,butbythetimeIgotinside,shewasgone.Hetookher!”
What?
Stanley quickly stood up striding out of the study He pushed open the bedroom door but the room was empty
She was gone She had left while he was away She had gone to find George on her own
Why did she take the check to meet George
Because George has a photo of her Cecelia answered urgently
A photo Was it the one George had sent today
Stanley’seyesnarrowedashenoticedaboxonthenightstand.Heopenedit,andinside,aphotolay quietly.
Hepickeditupandglancedatit, butwithinseconds,hislong,sharpfingersclenchedaroundthephoto.Hisusuallyhandsomefacedarkenedwithangerandaterrifyingcoldness.
That scum Why hadn t she told him She could have told him
Then Stanley s gaze sharpened There was something strangely familiar about the young girl in the photo He d seen her before
His icy eyes widened as realization hit He had seen this girl before she was the one who had saved him in the cave years ago
But the girl who had saved him was Jessica
Could it be that the girl who saved him wasn t Jessica but Wendy
Had he mistaken the person all these years
Stanley s mind raced in confusion He 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 she was already gone
So was it Wendy who had saved him Was she the girl from that time
Mr Hawk Mr Hawk are you listening tome Cecelia s voice snapped him back to the present
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Stanley blinked refocusing on Cecelia swords She was desperate now
Mr Hawk you need to send someone to find Wendy She s back in that animal s hands You have to find her and bring her back this time
Right The most important thing now was to find Wendy
Once he found her he would finally know if she was the girl from that time
If she was he had made a grave mistake He had left her with that monster letting her suffer all alone He would never forgive himself
How scared must she have been back then
He had promised to take her with him He had promised he wanted her around
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Stanley’seyesturnedredwithfuryasheglaredatZayn.Hisvoicewascoldandsharp.”Getthesecurityfootageand trackdownGeorge’scar.BlockeveryrouteinandoutofHovendale.Iwanthimtrapped–Iwon’tlethimescape!”
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