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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!244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQEgP6Umm4
Shauna!244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wAAG19drs
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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuWeGnNKcw
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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSpIrIcWco
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"Is anyone here?"244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJHuLP3zRI
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4ig5rD07B
Cried an arresting voice, filled with wrath.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKMcmvYR3l
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1u9MpE3Cat
Ashley was pale with fright, she nearly jumped out of her body.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqAoRLNm7G
But with the thought that her friend might be in trouble, it gave her the strength to face whoever was behind the voice.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGa4zRFps8k
The place was dimly lit but she could see a slight figure lurking in the darkness. 244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yeQrx9N17
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."244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHJJc88fD1
I need to know how you obtained it.
"Did she sell it to you?"244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvfxa4CbGJ
"Are you deaf?" The voice said, didn't you see the sign on the door?244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eE8sRYEDT
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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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6qJdvEVSn
"Well, replied Ashley the door wasn't locked."244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDv5mnCE1kh
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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMI9EJwuvPm
𝘞𝘈𝘐𝘛 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌!244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfUE8H5lEt
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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. 244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNbeonwyn8
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"You're just a little old man, exclaimed, Ashley! She seen him discreetly putting a microphone away inside a drawer."244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQptB35sJqL
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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."244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfn8Drf7cYf
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."244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9Pec7PCg6
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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvzFnr3icx
"What!"244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZ3X2BnUnh
What did you do that for?244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWzoBm7gbn
"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."244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡML4b7LHtVb
Listen shorty, if you screw up my operations you might not live to tell the tale. 244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDp4zRWq8G
"My name isn't shorty, it's Miguel!"244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjRcmDoDtT
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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."244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBH32mOOmo
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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBf7948mBI1
Out stepped two husky looking male Columbians wearing black bandanas that covered their faces. They removed Ashley from the limo just as Akeno arrived.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpGhaVUlXu
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. 244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bVFzeUvs6
Akeno bellowed, take her below deck and tell Santiago to come up here and pay me my money for her!244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU41Ex9MyTh
𝘗𝘰𝘸!244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtrnkoG5Gs
A bullet suddenly went whizzing by Akeno's ear.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHJ0Yd7CNf
𝐏𝐨𝐰! 𝐏𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRnV1JGeXD
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. 244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡET2T08zc6J
"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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGK1zYmplrC
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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXF8wn2Tse
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