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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!277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVDDeIwerD
Shauna!277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIC8ItX5Lpk
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.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSAo1H5gOG
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.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CU3khP9wP
Hello?277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6k57L2HMYx
"Is anyone here?"277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7x8VuppZ0
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0oAbu9dYu
Cried an arresting voice, filled with wrath.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySIo1Spwqf
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTtdPleTaa
Ashley was pale with fright, she nearly jumped out of her body.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cf7X3F5ro
But with the thought that her friend might be in trouble, it gave her the strength to face whoever was behind the voice.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUFRlChDHg
The place was dimly lit but she could see a slight figure lurking in the darkness. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9ghDjAKPM
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."277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ72rpSFgW
I need to know how you obtained it.
"Did she sell it to you?"277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDFgcVPHcB
"Are you deaf?" The voice said, didn't you see the sign on the door?277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TzR6fAeDh
"We're closed!"277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5inCBSHP8i
Ashley's kickboxing instincts begin to stir. She was a kickboxing instructor at a local gym and far tougher than she looked.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77mit0rf4C
"Well, replied Ashley the door wasn't locked."277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLVMXrZCLy
Furthermore,
I am not leaving until I get some answers! 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYSsbS4gXs
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.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAmUHRPsmR
𝘞𝘈𝘐𝘛 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌!277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37Mq3eciut
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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. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUT2ZF232S
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"You're just a little old man, exclaimed, Ashley! She seen him discreetly putting a microphone away inside a drawer."277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44A3mLvx8G
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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."277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrq4mHedo7i
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."277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgjLwTIktt
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.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKv9OqtfpUK
"What!"277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTfsUOMgWg
What did you do that for?277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYYq7KdKBu
"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."277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4mS1svRFE
Listen shorty, if you screw up my operations you might not live to tell the tale. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0jTcGwK3K
"My name isn't shorty, it's Miguel!"277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWqppasCLa
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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."277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8tLE0hOHL
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.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9291OeOUu
Out stepped two husky looking male Columbians wearing black bandanas that covered their faces. They removed Ashley from the limo just as Akeno arrived.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmE5vzJUuAW
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. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSV6SznrTKr
Akeno bellowed, take her below deck and tell Santiago to come up here and pay me my money for her!277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63iBIaaBYC
𝘗𝘰𝘸!277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTAF263FaG
A bullet suddenly went whizzing by Akeno's ear.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmC48ifHnA
𝐏𝐨𝐰! 𝐏𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcD0fFQDcz
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. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qrcIwDa2O
"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.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcdSb6Q5so
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.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ndtJpDVKd
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