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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?227Please respect copyright.PENANARoyC6ptEHg
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.227Please respect copyright.PENANAIoA0v7YsW5
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.227Please respect copyright.PENANApTnYZnpcVK
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.227Please respect copyright.PENANAQSZiaFVg3E
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?227Please respect copyright.PENANACfUAoaPi9j
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 227Please respect copyright.PENANASgJn1OXUTG
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."227Please respect copyright.PENANA6H35DovjdH
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."227Please respect copyright.PENANAvDTq9SZvKn
"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. 227Please respect copyright.PENANApf8WpfA1Og
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 227Please respect copyright.PENANA9VnkAsAFnP
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 227Please respect copyright.PENANAIDA5arMGTq
"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. 227Please respect copyright.PENANAPlgihuLSEu
"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. 227Please respect copyright.PENANAmi07igRsQX
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"227Please respect copyright.PENANAEM9omYbMG9
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.227Please respect copyright.PENANAuPmSlUwGGY
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.227Please respect copyright.PENANAw6kn1X08tx
"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.227Please respect copyright.PENANAwRR4YtuEuD
"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. 227Please respect copyright.PENANAXnC3RWuBaO
"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. 227Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5gaQeaBjZ
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.227Please respect copyright.PENANAwTcJGKivIn
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?"227Please respect copyright.PENANAgBI9KsD99L
"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?" 227Please respect copyright.PENANAHQS1ESZypy
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?227Please respect copyright.PENANAgFbKC8ukoe
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."227Please respect copyright.PENANAgeMSlku10k
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Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 227Please respect copyright.PENANAvrrchZ4CXU
"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. 227Please respect copyright.PENANA5IrLJrhnHd
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.227Please respect copyright.PENANAqqucsZW2dO
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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. 227Please respect copyright.PENANAxOIsUYRdXw
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 227Please respect copyright.PENANAl9iefV6PG1
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"227Please respect copyright.PENANAPT6THdoyc4
"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. 227Please respect copyright.PENANA8CknnE8qSW
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 227Please respect copyright.PENANA90230B147D
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.227Please respect copyright.PENANAhZX8A7RZgs
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 227Please respect copyright.PENANAEnhibQBi97
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.227Please respect copyright.PENANAzcXinlYOzZ
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 227Please respect copyright.PENANAh0FGaTjyTG
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?227Please respect copyright.PENANAJqmuPvGdlx
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?227Please respect copyright.PENANAtUtT04pRJD
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 227Please respect copyright.PENANAsD4yoXCYWy
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 227Please respect copyright.PENANAAm8GRQaXWT
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 227Please respect copyright.PENANAXYipJT0YsP
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 227Please respect copyright.PENANAqi2nFUURMT
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 227Please respect copyright.PENANAlBBRMBJUkK
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 227Please respect copyright.PENANA31Pu5C4yPw
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? 227Please respect copyright.PENANAP2yOlqtDVC
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. 227Please respect copyright.PENANAb63rocg8Z5
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?227Please respect copyright.PENANAhTaLFtYqPl
Shit. None of this makes any sense.