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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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Oh my God!260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YV9wUK5il
It suddenly dawned on her where she had seen it! Around the neck of her best friend that she was traveling with!260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJmmqfWACg
Shauna!260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qzNLGRUus
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.260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡow9UI9G7Z8
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.260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kr2GcAI3u
Hello?260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVWSTCZZy2
"Is anyone here?"260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdT5isMAENd
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIcmDL61Px
Cried an arresting voice, filled with wrath.260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdgaFN02r1
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfNnDedsjk
Ashley was pale with fright, she nearly jumped out of her body.260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuMOLcA3rr
But with the thought that her friend might be in trouble, it gave her the strength to face whoever was behind the voice.260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfK9xT48WU
The place was dimly lit but she could see a slight figure lurking in the darkness. 260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMOizTD1qv
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."260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BFsmpityd
I need to know how you obtained it.
"Did she sell it to you?"260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lqC6KbJGM
"Are you deaf?" The voice said, didn't you see the sign on the door?260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTSVM84mCJ
"We're closed!"260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AMQukyaXl
Ashley's kickboxing instincts begin to stir. She was a kickboxing instructor at a local gym and far tougher than she looked.260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOksbFsWQu
"Well, replied Ashley the door wasn't locked."260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjDe3aTeSh
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.260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQukxvE1qLL
𝘞𝘈𝘐𝘛 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌!260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXxobOCBu4
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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. 260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8Y0W2JqMm
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"You're just a little old man, exclaimed, Ashley! She seen him discreetly putting a microphone away inside a drawer."260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9CDgb190T
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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."260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimRzVFRKOB
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."260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTHrjnMTa8
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.260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYI428KzvKP
"What!"260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhV6h45ivsx
What did you do that for?260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyxmh4EqYs
"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."260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLLvc432tY
Listen shorty, if you screw up my operations you might not live to tell the tale. 260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNugOIAjHlY
"My name isn't shorty, it's Miguel!"260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBsDbHIplf
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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."260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYZD4KTzNF
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.260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZpnyKNmtR
Out stepped two husky looking male Columbians wearing black bandanas that covered their faces. They removed Ashley from the limo just as Akeno arrived.260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1NAB4pLMn
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. 260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMUYZK99Rm
Akeno bellowed, take her below deck and tell Santiago to come up here and pay me my money for her!260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDic9E8joe
𝘗𝘰𝘸!260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwHLk6Ztd7
A bullet suddenly went whizzing by Akeno's ear.260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ040JBcENvZ
𝐏𝐨𝐰! 𝐏𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZDOB84xaU
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. 260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeO1HzT9R9h
"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.260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQfbD8ChQu
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.260Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZrDsKM1OM
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