
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.
Hmm...197Please respect copyright.PENANATNzM85Pq86
Oh my God!197Please respect copyright.PENANAc4aFKlX4rW
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
"We're closed!"197Please respect copyright.PENANAoKj3jZYJvb
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,
I am not leaving until I get some answers! 197Please respect copyright.PENANArT2YPRvsNe
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
Why! 197Please respect copyright.PENANARUF1pPwwyB
"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
What shall we do now? 197Please respect copyright.PENANAuOhRehRfv9
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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