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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!197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96Cxr4TuFU
Shauna!197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk0chLQilI
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.197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxTxwf3KXS
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.197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuo0EBcar45
Hello?197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTXD6kErRe
"Is anyone here?"197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4NphIxz0u
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcSo3skhJF
Cried an arresting voice, filled with wrath.197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8W68fuNwV
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBn6UTLrWj
Ashley was pale with fright, she nearly jumped out of her body.197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCybwy80eo
But with the thought that her friend might be in trouble, it gave her the strength to face whoever was behind the voice.197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡas2N7XX5JL
The place was dimly lit but she could see a slight figure lurking in the darkness. 197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnEkwJwSbO
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."197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrr2rPyi7q
I need to know how you obtained it.
"Did she sell it to you?"197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡln0yTCyRSq
"Are you deaf?" The voice said, didn't you see the sign on the door?197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLucBAvSJ8B
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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.197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gkJ7uDAfK
"Well, replied Ashley the door wasn't locked."197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQyldoH1XU
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.197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHyOj2Sqo7
𝘞𝘈𝘐𝘛 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌!197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1OjaXZCKF
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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. 197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaAxs88QB8
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"You're just a little old man, exclaimed, Ashley! She seen him discreetly putting a microphone away inside a drawer."197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEPAms1udo
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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."197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4giZABJyrn
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."197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbHO9KfqWS
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.197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs95hldBaY3
"What!"197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwHWnlh4eC
What did you do that for?197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXx6GbjSsM
"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."197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkFMDjiJBW
Listen shorty, if you screw up my operations you might not live to tell the tale. 197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9HZ9cTJXx
"My name isn't shorty, it's Miguel!"197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYOh9pu3AE
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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."197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC791fbZzvo
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.197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOirlkW35vP
Out stepped two husky looking male Columbians wearing black bandanas that covered their faces. They removed Ashley from the limo just as Akeno arrived.197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0WWkPS68L
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. 197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yOBYp4piE
Akeno bellowed, take her below deck and tell Santiago to come up here and pay me my money for her!197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0ocPvJO1n
𝘗𝘰𝘸!197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmBTE3SSQW
A bullet suddenly went whizzing by Akeno's ear.197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKa7FHnHYNH
𝐏𝐨𝐰! 𝐏𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXCCphmvVK
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. 197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡso0Fg2Lwo8
"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.197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzT8ZBTKMu
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.197Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoQm3IJi39
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