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Ashley peeped through the window, the diamond necklace displayed there drew her attention. It looked very familiar, she placed her palm on the window that separated them and leaned in closer, then even closer.
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It suddenly dawned on her where she had seen it! Around the neck of her best friend that she was traveling with!206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qc5P2vJbM
Shauna!206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguUd0mEMF6
She and Ashley had decided to vacation together in Columbia. The sights had been amazing and the people too. But, now Ashley wasn't quite so sure.
Frantically, she dialed her cell number. It rang at least 15 times with no answer.
Ashley was totally perplexed as to how her girlfriend's diamond necklace could be hanging on a pawn shop mannequin.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43OOvNtHtr
She rushed inside the store hoping to find some answers.The dark atmosphere of the shop was cold, uninviting and somehow sinister. She approach the counter hesitantly,
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Ashley had a creeping, crawly feeling come over her that she couldn't shake. But gathering her courage she spoke again.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VpuySLU6Q
Hello?206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpgHidLGO1
"Is anyone here?"206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgT8qJk09gN
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpC7i5vhEp
Cried an arresting voice, filled with wrath.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSww59tMLL
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv71uNOrRcU
Ashley was pale with fright, she nearly jumped out of her body.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWvOfN5XjT
But with the thought that her friend might be in trouble, it gave her the strength to face whoever was behind the voice.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01Xizoj9Sj
The place was dimly lit but she could see a slight figure lurking in the darkness. 206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvnzpGBdsZ
I, I just need to ask you a few questions, Ashley stammered.
"It's about the diamond necklace hanging on the mannequin in the window."206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMqGP1kDgO
I need to know how you obtained it.
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"Are you deaf?" The voice said, didn't you see the sign on the door?206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnR3FNhywDa
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Ashley's kickboxing instincts begin to stir. She was a kickboxing instructor at a local gym and far tougher than she looked.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIArSCTPhVx
"Well, replied Ashley the door wasn't locked."206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvP6PCG8G1
Furthermore,
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Now come out this instant or I'm calling the Policia! I will make sure they thoroughly investigate how you came by the diamonds. And I intend to wait right here until they arrive.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCjR9irBtk
𝘞𝘈𝘐𝘛 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌!206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0VOkYIApO
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Ashley thought, this dude must be on voice steroids! Abruptly, she heard a sound and seen a small figure standing at the counter, his head barely clearing it.
Ashley walked towards the figure who stepped back to see her more clearly. 206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4q3JmBoVkj
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"You're just a little old man, exclaimed, Ashley! She seen him discreetly putting a microphone away inside a drawer."206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJvcpaWPAk
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So that's what made me think that perhaps you were King Kong! "Ok, what is your name and how did you get my girlfriend's diamond necklace?"
"My name is of no consequence to you and we purchase the diamonds."206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSBCNa8Lpk
And that is all you need to know the little man replied. Now, if I were you I would turn around and leave!
"Leave! Ashley said, well, that's not going to happen."206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNdoPtJjPo
The oriental suddenly pulled out a whip threatening her with it. But, before he could react Ashley kicked it out his hands. And struck him with it.
"You bitch!"
The man cried, "Look what you've done, wiping the blood dripping from his face."
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Ashley felled to the floor, her consciousness fading. A tall oriental, robust man was leaning over her clasping a slap jack.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOjMzJKOhF
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"That wasn't necessary cried the small man stepping from behind the counter. Is she dead Akeno?" Now we're really gonna have trouble. It's one thing engaging in human trafficking but murder!
"Don't worry about it said, Akeno, she isn't dead and what possess you to put those damm diamonds in the window anyway."206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2oNOvnnI8
Listen shorty, if you screw up my operations you might not live to tell the tale. 206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeSz7a9msT
"My name isn't shorty, it's Miguel!"206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjX7NvMF56H
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When she wakes up, you know she is going to run straight to the Policia.
"Yes, said, Akeno, that is why we are going to sell her on the black market." Normally I would keep her but I need some fast cash. Now remove the diamonds from that mannequin and lock the door.
Miguel locked the door and returned with the diamonds. Akeno said, "Grab her legs and lets take her to the rear entrance."206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMuu4tC6ZI
They tied Ashley up and place her inside a limousine with dark tinted windows. Akeno followed in his own vehicle, the limousine pulled up to a ocean pier where a ship was waiting and the doors opened.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dsYfPLV8Z
Out stepped two husky looking male Columbians wearing black bandanas that covered their faces. They removed Ashley from the limo just as Akeno arrived.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrwVhwGBB4
Akeno barked an order, "Get her aboard that ship now!"
The trio drew curious glances from people as they almost dragged Ashley aboard the ship. But, they probably assume she had too much to drink. 206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyzuj03Imp
Akeno bellowed, take her below deck and tell Santiago to come up here and pay me my money for her!206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHYCTs6jpt
𝘗𝘰𝘸!206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmj6GR9ndaM
A bullet suddenly went whizzing by Akeno's ear.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8njkf9XbQ0
𝐏𝐨𝐰! 𝐏𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYOhAQ1Gs6
𝐩𝐨𝐰!
His presence was rudely greeted with a hail of bullets, one striking him in his right leg. Akeno screamed in agony, drew his Sig Sauer 45 magnum revolver and returned fire. 206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH02395nrxe
"I've been set up cried, Akeno, you dirty bastards!" He staggered back towards the gangplank managing to escape any further injury despite the barrage of fire.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXU5ZZnBpvG
He threw open the door to his car, and crawled in bleeding profusely. Meanwhile, the Columbians had scurried below deck still carrying Ashley.
The loud gunfire had woken her and she was now fighting with her captors.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76ealDz3Tp
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