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I've called Samantha's phone back relentlessly, but there is never any answer. It was definitely not her voice who answered the first time. Who could it be? Her accomplice?387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs320swmSP9
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGW9gCQP02
I went to her place and it's obvious she's been gone a while. That doesn't mean she didn't take Kat though. She could be holding her somewhere else. I just need to figure out where.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3GxJxgNAc
I just don't understand the reason behind it. Why now? What did Kat do to deserve this? She was innocent. If anyone is to blame, it's me. I tried to fix the situation and instead, it blew up in my face.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLp3oFIZIhA
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqax0TtvN0
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9za6a7kGGi
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFmgIwgxBt
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXwITDBqQq
"Oh come on, stop being so dramatic." I can't think straight but at least I have someone in corner. Someone to try to cheer me up. Kat is out there all alone with no one. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETkZE7LQFN
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVb4qXhnOv
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTLESBXfJB
"You're right. I guess I'll have to settle for being the looks." Laughing feels wrong when I know she's out there somewhere struggling. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvp8hSG2AS
"Dude, is that you?" Nate is looking at his phone like he was expecting a call, but he hides his disappointment when he realizes it's not him. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqXnOe3LRl
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAxe950Zv1
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXt3X0BcFK
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzrnD9bvNH
"Ehhh. We found some footage of what looks like it could be Kat being forced into a black car around the time you said she disappeared. Unfortunately I can't make out the license plate, but there's something strange." Strange? Better be good strange and not something worse than what we're already dealing with.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57SHkv44io
"Spit it out." I grit my teeth. I don't have time to wait around for him to beat around the bush. Kat doesn't have time to wait. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Mf8NpZdbl
"We've also been looking out for Samantha, but she's gone. We went pretty far back and she was also pulled into a black car outside your mother's house. I don't think she's the suspect anymore." He blows out a breath, as if he was holding it while saying all this. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02kePOiwfQ
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZo0mfkxyeJ
Nate must notice because he continues the conversation as if I'm not standing here with my mouth hanging open. "So, if it's not her, who could it be?"387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHEJPB87jf
"Well, I actually have a little good news." He chuckles, but it only annoys me. "The second video did catch the license plate. It's registered to JB Holdings as a business vehicle. Ring any bells?" 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTA4ajjtWA
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQfdl9lxnP
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0QR2hcw23
Fuck. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJZpuk2RgI
Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrXFmwpOT4
"Well, I happen to have a friend there and they said the primary driver listed for that vehicle is Brett Jones. Anyone you know?" He sounds hopeful to have our answer, but we have no more leads than when we started this infuriating call. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MlRaVqzdn
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4rayMMzho
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"Shit, man. I'm sorry. I really thought I had something for you. I'll keep looking." To his credit he does actually sound genuinely sorry. I wish that did anything for us. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAyFYLUX0v
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡky3eZDPAkX
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKH7D3fWV3
"How about you go home and stop looking at me like my puppy just died. Jesus." I can't stop the anger swelling up in my chest. I don't need pity. Pity isn't going to help find her. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32ZUH0Fabp
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDbK8C3zqd
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaqToup5vW
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCELzIIWQU6
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVExnGz1jX7
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNciXit7BZ
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCNBjfbi1n
What is wrong with me? Why am I getting mad at the one person who has helped me through all this? Why am I such an idiot?387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNocv6jVAxc
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6kj1gZKAJ
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0BPfkawjC
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsZ4Wqbism
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVgDmG7oBC
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqQzvaXcid
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvWI6YNM54
Unless she's in on it and just made it look like she was taken too? But why would she do all that? What's her end game? 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYjd9jHiaF
No. It has to be someone else. Someone with that company, right? But why would they be dumb enough to use a vehicle that's so easy to track? Unless they wanted us to track it and get the wrong person. 387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ570kZHZUUq
But then who's the right person? And why do they want us to think it's this Brad guy? Shit, that's not right. Why do they want us to think it's this Brett guy?387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2DqPsjtnb
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
