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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!238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88pwzjRBMD
Shauna!238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9MzPoRsm2
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.238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyudkcckR3r
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.238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwymDQGIQy
Hello?238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg63FbsLCIr
"Is anyone here?"238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFujj0wDuYe
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJp3q55PIyj
Cried an arresting voice, filled with wrath.238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJrcXjLtmo
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBSp9DBAdk
Ashley was pale with fright, she nearly jumped out of her body.238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPZKgaFmaC
But with the thought that her friend might be in trouble, it gave her the strength to face whoever was behind the voice.238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzB7Tb1FES
The place was dimly lit but she could see a slight figure lurking in the darkness. 238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YUo04pBR8
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."238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnMfr1Ad6b
I need to know how you obtained it.
"Did she sell it to you?"238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0HjYrxbTq
"Are you deaf?" The voice said, didn't you see the sign on the door?238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrBQNTDIR0
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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.238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XDeU1cH38
"Well, replied Ashley the door wasn't locked."238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70sFKrtwf9
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.238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwV45J2Pdu
𝘞𝘈𝘐𝘛 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌!238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2YpX1Fjan
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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. 238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7x54jYPIwd
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"You're just a little old man, exclaimed, Ashley! She seen him discreetly putting a microphone away inside a drawer."238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1CQAFa2iA
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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."238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmSpw52tld
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."238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdK7HKulTFQ
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.238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgShIK3KH7n
"What!"238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDA5Wafnp8
What did you do that for?238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0q25kFWAdK
"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."238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupCvrVOeFW
Listen shorty, if you screw up my operations you might not live to tell the tale. 238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlG5ciB4Bt3
"My name isn't shorty, it's Miguel!"238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqSc17d7Fh
What shall we do now? 238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvskQYTVXfY
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."238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqg80u06dpl
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.238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wDGTda9Go
Out stepped two husky looking male Columbians wearing black bandanas that covered their faces. They removed Ashley from the limo just as Akeno arrived.238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4et2D9zco1
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. 238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXKHxBjwpa
Akeno bellowed, take her below deck and tell Santiago to come up here and pay me my money for her!238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznbAvXDDbm
𝘗𝘰𝘸!238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sVFLCnp3a
A bullet suddenly went whizzing by Akeno's ear.238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIkisRsPEl
𝐏𝐨𝐰! 𝐏𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6zvPem7OW
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. 238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XvqKQkpYO
"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.238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifC6hQ3COD
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.238Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwrEA5APBL
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