
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!210Please respect copyright.PENANAfSIL5vf3Hs
It suddenly dawned on her where she had seen it! Around the neck of her best friend that she was traveling with!210Please respect copyright.PENANAV8l1L379pI
Shauna!210Please respect copyright.PENANAc8vofgxWPm
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.210Please respect copyright.PENANArua4iSQke9
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.210Please respect copyright.PENANApveMdvKZGG
Hello?210Please respect copyright.PENANAe7mPJSLoEf
"Is anyone here?"210Please respect copyright.PENANAJWMKGGtecQ
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!210Please respect copyright.PENANAMUZ7Qs8RfD
Cried an arresting voice, filled with wrath.210Please respect copyright.PENANAIrbx7SqdGP
𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞!210Please respect copyright.PENANAHmoSCnWXlh
Ashley was pale with fright, she nearly jumped out of her body.210Please respect copyright.PENANAmwj8aUFHly
But with the thought that her friend might be in trouble, it gave her the strength to face whoever was behind the voice.210Please respect copyright.PENANAP9gxDB4FgO
The place was dimly lit but she could see a slight figure lurking in the darkness. 210Please respect copyright.PENANA7VD2H0cW4a
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."210Please respect copyright.PENANA3JWWxBDUau
I need to know how you obtained it.
"Did she sell it to you?"210Please respect copyright.PENANAujX4wxIt60
"Are you deaf?" The voice said, didn't you see the sign on the door?210Please respect copyright.PENANAkC6I55rHab
"We're closed!"210Please respect copyright.PENANAJcGjQvpx4c
Ashley's kickboxing instincts begin to stir. She was a kickboxing instructor at a local gym and far tougher than she looked.210Please respect copyright.PENANAH17clnE0c1
"Well, replied Ashley the door wasn't locked."210Please respect copyright.PENANA1pwDyKvwuf
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.210Please respect copyright.PENANAdN6pUMCSzx
𝘞𝘈𝘐𝘛 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌!210Please respect copyright.PENANACy3bhW7R0K
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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. 210Please respect copyright.PENANAkNtwHpP5n3
Why! 210Please respect copyright.PENANAzWFJDBLwv3
"You're just a little old man, exclaimed, Ashley! She seen him discreetly putting a microphone away inside a drawer."210Please respect copyright.PENANAjZ6fMz8RyZ
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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."210Please respect copyright.PENANAwvJO6h8voL
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."210Please respect copyright.PENANAGVavdDiqqi
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.210Please respect copyright.PENANAXDsNBqQ9sh
"What!"210Please respect copyright.PENANAjjMdCt6j71
What did you do that for?210Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZARi31o3R
"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."210Please respect copyright.PENANArA88hwsKsx
Listen shorty, if you screw up my operations you might not live to tell the tale. 210Please respect copyright.PENANAzxULHUn1GH
"My name isn't shorty, it's Miguel!"210Please respect copyright.PENANAG7rTVXUylX
What shall we do now? 210Please respect copyright.PENANAfuRwuEsi85
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."210Please respect copyright.PENANA4prkAjyx3Z
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.210Please respect copyright.PENANAKF99LMpIuz
Out stepped two husky looking male Columbians wearing black bandanas that covered their faces. They removed Ashley from the limo just as Akeno arrived.210Please respect copyright.PENANA2PfnQcjGSW
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. 210Please respect copyright.PENANApNqjnRETuB
Akeno bellowed, take her below deck and tell Santiago to come up here and pay me my money for her!210Please respect copyright.PENANApKsHuXJzxS
𝘗𝘰𝘸!210Please respect copyright.PENANAuyYMzIErJg
A bullet suddenly went whizzing by Akeno's ear.210Please respect copyright.PENANAQkpvZORNzZ
𝐏𝐨𝐰! 𝐏𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐰210Please respect copyright.PENANAYOw5j4mPJ9
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. 210Please respect copyright.PENANAxM8OX9L0Xs
"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.210Please respect copyright.PENANAWkB8imcO2o
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.210Please respect copyright.PENANAlucuK5KvlI
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