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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!283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDolGXNnp5
It suddenly dawned on her where she had seen it! Around the neck of her best friend that she was traveling with!283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyvzK3tJV7
Shauna!283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLZqkbHwX7
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.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkfjHoEe81
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.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSFFiE2y76
Hello?283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJC8QsWBvT
"Is anyone here?"283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyoTy3DJom
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6vqa8WVS0
Cried an arresting voice, filled with wrath.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJG3dk7GBk
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MvuKncimJ
Ashley was pale with fright, she nearly jumped out of her body.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvXHkCqqQ5
But with the thought that her friend might be in trouble, it gave her the strength to face whoever was behind the voice.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCk3b8aCRu
The place was dimly lit but she could see a slight figure lurking in the darkness. 283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wWm4T9DGK
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."283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZNsLhLDnr
I need to know how you obtained it.
"Did she sell it to you?"283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgpEl6m6B0
"Are you deaf?" The voice said, didn't you see the sign on the door?283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSk7TdbTyvq
"We're closed!"283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJyHOjfhHJ
Ashley's kickboxing instincts begin to stir. She was a kickboxing instructor at a local gym and far tougher than she looked.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoR8aswxyS4
"Well, replied Ashley the door wasn't locked."283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZgrYnOe56
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.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡza2zig8pTg
𝘞𝘈𝘐𝘛 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌!283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSi0VYP4jxj
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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. 283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfR2SX1tIE
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"You're just a little old man, exclaimed, Ashley! She seen him discreetly putting a microphone away inside a drawer."283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3c52Y5Hh4M
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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."283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyF5Rbu0fk
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."283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfULIcaV9o1
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.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEzBAeSSu0
"What!"283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86X0gzwQSD
What did you do that for?283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLRfVikLH9
"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."283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZsaZ8qc6x
Listen shorty, if you screw up my operations you might not live to tell the tale. 283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmVXIExEms
"My name isn't shorty, it's Miguel!"283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLT9vPNHm4
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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."283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpfawx9mEs
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.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡba6setwtff
Out stepped two husky looking male Columbians wearing black bandanas that covered their faces. They removed Ashley from the limo just as Akeno arrived.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIB3AbLgAfA
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. 283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2M1kGEMRh5
Akeno bellowed, take her below deck and tell Santiago to come up here and pay me my money for her!283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbky5OzQZPK
𝘗𝘰𝘸!283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WlSzGzeIm
A bullet suddenly went whizzing by Akeno's ear.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOtvevlA8L
𝐏𝐨𝐰! 𝐏𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq5C7hcHK7
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. 283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiJEbTs0zd
"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.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvgvq6zYoy
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.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1YdOqTzv2
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