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!176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqkeceqoJG
Shauna!176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvzqvxNzex
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.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYMPdJpooe
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.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8imdqcxSw
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"Is anyone here?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5eamX7SBS
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrOTpylB0z
Cried an arresting voice, filled with wrath.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIeGTwzrfF
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCvxYOZpp0
Ashley was pale with fright, she nearly jumped out of her body.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWOVKTGo2u
But with the thought that her friend might be in trouble, it gave her the strength to face whoever was behind the voice.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGpcU72bnm
The place was dimly lit but she could see a slight figure lurking in the darkness. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILS8X5YajY
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."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcdDgeKqSF
I need to know how you obtained it.
"Did she sell it to you?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtlwUYncdD
"Are you deaf?" The voice said, didn't you see the sign on the door?176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNRzFjkTpy
"We're closed!"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwgpSS8tkN
Ashley's kickboxing instincts begin to stir. She was a kickboxing instructor at a local gym and far tougher than she looked.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Yz1BPAqSn
"Well, replied Ashley the door wasn't locked."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xjNXZ7JRb
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.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7rMkjtVzu
𝘞𝘈𝘐𝘛 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌!176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLz5rIbPAg
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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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8yzqHsZ1F
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"You're just a little old man, exclaimed, Ashley! She seen him discreetly putting a microphone away inside a drawer."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu9kQtR1BH
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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."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC54IsKfhMS
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."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZAgtj1EIb
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.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23go6PTdFx
"What!"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxzpnspcMg
What did you do that for?176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4i0MmDSg8t
"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."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbhBWD8FrY
Listen shorty, if you screw up my operations you might not live to tell the tale. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02rz4EkGQr
"My name isn't shorty, it's Miguel!"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOANZZiiqT6
What shall we do now? 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaWal5m25N
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."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4baRd9Let
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.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zI9u0CRfL
Out stepped two husky looking male Columbians wearing black bandanas that covered their faces. They removed Ashley from the limo just as Akeno arrived.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqZ3f11Xru
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrYqrqNucn
Akeno bellowed, take her below deck and tell Santiago to come up here and pay me my money for her!176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlekBplQw5f
𝘗𝘰𝘸!176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGtxdlw93a
A bullet suddenly went whizzing by Akeno's ear.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4eGbqK9G5
𝐏𝐨𝐰! 𝐏𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2gt2rLe3d
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eNtL9baXi
"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.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfIWTXK9Ux
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.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIV1OJdZmvH
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