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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?424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtodcPHBCu6
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2PTti6lhM
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.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZW5n1jAfB3
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.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeq8BOnm6CD
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLT8zcvfHBA
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1hDGFar2m
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGwqviI468
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCwY0dkmby
"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. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LMXGWjuLg
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoibCrXtets
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVKE8GsXhA
"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. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mMEusarlH
"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. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtQ6YDxUc7
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsUvzvRZ46
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40Azm1eCNR
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtEncrr0gJ
"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.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZGeAm9hIH
"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. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zghGIo3z5
"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. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ682ojMxRBO
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIInJyAaRe7
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?"424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONZdO3rKRc
"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?" 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsBsO8QXu3
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKdNrT6uKn
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCa1bh24o8
Fuck. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUmNvQkDdE
Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzTnKczU6W
"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. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4yb1LuDbw
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbWqjdEeDO
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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. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVp2iOY1pC
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmS1CJB6kpd
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxrbBrvbiB
"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. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLj4EtwQRG
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJD2dso2vA
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡco86HlCfzq
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpbiJerVXV
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOZwvfmVzc
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVydXOrqEZP
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rzDXsEl3g
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?424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYvwwbyyeL
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqY48B81l0
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjuc98C3BI
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTx3taSLPqb
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaQtxk4ohF
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGATK2rzbz
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLAegtLnXK
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? 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKQGFLFWgR
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. 424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZMCatOWRo
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?424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxe8XPMkmc
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
