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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!263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnFsTeDt2q
Shauna!263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UvkEMyG9a
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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKvw6GNKiK
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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBOHbbszhg
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𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0gQio2IFK
Cried an arresting voice, filled with wrath.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJK3SG9AfI
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuIiCBHnKS
Ashley was pale with fright, she nearly jumped out of her body.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcojWf87GlZ
But with the thought that her friend might be in trouble, it gave her the strength to face whoever was behind the voice.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxY8A6cN2Px
The place was dimly lit but she could see a slight figure lurking in the darkness. 263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3yNESJAzv
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."263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOMAHOBRft
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?263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tUMINZzSu
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgK9661etI
"Well, replied Ashley the door wasn't locked."263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZgK1Y8skE
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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGLwyDkCb4
𝘞𝘈𝘐𝘛 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌!263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzIWlN9Z7e
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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. 263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFE5U3Gsgrs
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"You're just a little old man, exclaimed, Ashley! She seen him discreetly putting a microphone away inside a drawer."263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwYceQwcGy
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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."263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdv6yqpHKx0
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."263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsjxC05Bpn
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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBc7SfQDlB
"What!"263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZks6Rp2I5y
What did you do that for?263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueCgBshDAO
"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."263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSMUtDzIt5
Listen shorty, if you screw up my operations you might not live to tell the tale. 263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPMp2Fcjga
"My name isn't shorty, it's Miguel!"263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnJnTUByzZ
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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."263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRgFZPT3oU
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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7go3IVYEOo
Out stepped two husky looking male Columbians wearing black bandanas that covered their faces. They removed Ashley from the limo just as Akeno arrived.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2mYULk7Em
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. 263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHV4ci9F5J
Akeno bellowed, take her below deck and tell Santiago to come up here and pay me my money for her!263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnunPAPu2zG
𝘗𝘰𝘸!263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOJQX9MVOI
A bullet suddenly went whizzing by Akeno's ear.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lMDrV2fWh
𝐏𝐨𝐰! 𝐏𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkNjAYE1i9
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. 263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZgcxQjoRC
"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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZccSoQogF
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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQAC4CHPMo
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