The Pearl

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After the death of Coyotito, Juana and Kino both wanted their life back, so they started from the bottom. They had another baby, Perlo, they but never got married. The Pearl was a distant memory of Kino and his family at this point. Once in a blue moon, the music of death comes back to haunt Kino and Juana. Years of frustration of the death of his firstborn son and his horrible memories of the pearl. The doctor of the town is an evil shark terrorizing the town, he wants the Pearl of the World! Juan Tomás and Apolonia were murdered in cold blood by the doctor. Kino went insane, robbed a bank, and was killed after resisting arrest.

The whole town was in chaos about finding the pearl but no one knew the consequences of the pearl. Juana was now
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Perlo went insane for most of his childhood listening to Kino talk about aliens taking over the world and shape shifting reptilians. Perlo had a family of his own now and he needed to sell this pearl. He walked into town with his family and was destined to sell this pearl. Perlo swarmed the town with the thought of immense wealth but left with anger. He sold the pearl for 1 million pesos and was now the richest man in town. All of the dark songs of the past turned into songs of greed because of this immense wealth.

Perlo started off with suing the doctor of everything he owned because of what happened to everyone in the town. His wealth was now almost doubled and now he was on a mission to win everything and make a ton of money. He started buying land for miles and buildings to make more money. He was now richer than everyone in Mexico and Central America. He lost all his morals in the process and his greed was so bad he killed many of the townspeople who were poor, to create a new town where everyone was rich.

The pearl was brought into the capital to be tested and it was a fake pearl. Kino was wrong all along and went insane for no reason. Perlo was now doing everything his father was able to do and
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The people who Kino and Perlo had hated are now working for Perlo in his money empire. Perlo was now the most hated person in the Western Hemisphere and he didn’t care because he could buy anyone in the Western Hemisphere with pocket money. Perlo was an evil genius who wanted money and wanted to go all the way up. Perlo done so many crimes and paid off police. Perlo owned 99 percent of the city by 35 years of age and wasn’t stopping. He killed more people than all the criminals in the whole prison of La Paz. The President of the United States wanted Perlo died and all of his money given to everyone of the town of La Paz. A group of trained assassins were out for Perlo.

The sharp shooting snipers of the United States never missed even from a half mile away from the target. The snipers would only take 10 minutes to complete the operation to kill Perlo. One shot and one dead Perlo would be happening tomorrow.

The day the Western Free World would change forever for the good. Perlo was reconstructing the town for his gold 50 foot statue that everyone would pray to each and everyday. Then suddenly the bullet struck Perlo right into the chest and instantly killed him. Everyone in the town went into silence as their richest man was

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