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MORGAN LOOKED AT CORA, who had her eyes fixed on the recorder lying on the sand. She seemed frozen by its appearance. Then she turned her head to glare at the shimmering form of Meredith.
This was the chance Morgan needed, and she didn"t waste it. Instinctively, she grabbed the recorder and raced to the outcropping of rocks. She stood next to the largest of the rocks and grabbed a small rock lying on top. Then she put the necklace on the surface of the rock and, with all her might, brought the smaller rock down with force onto the black pearl. Her movement caught Cora"s attention, but she was too late to stop the swing of Morgan"s arm. The rock smashed onto the pearl, crushing it into pieces.
Sirena screamed out as if in pain, and Stanley crumpled to the ground as if released f
