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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?328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EqTlhmFfP
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxr1t3zZIXR
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.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNq6oK2P31
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.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqRfaJs3MI
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYUYeUInUg
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcJYyUBPtT
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8IozT8u2s
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgldPI5WYF
"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. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlvzyNRt1X
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1ml13cCCH
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc76H8bZYAq
"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. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtx3EpbVCFn
"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. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfwJUP6cnK
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyWfqI7Ljy
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwDIj0usjC
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWk5ozS7Hdr
"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.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvGj72h85q
"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. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXEyntJSMv
"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. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKu0IAJ8eQ
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVVYlmUmyD
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?"328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSk7bH8LHu1
"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?" 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWr3t8yrHb
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhzKrhS56R
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwee5ecAOJc
Fuck. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfajBmJSdER
Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVGSa13Xg5
"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. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjP23blM5VD
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTDkvPGgUL
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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. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNQvHmm5QZ
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6M8N4B7CBG
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TG6vB1FEQ
"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. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AS4YHA4Ce
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1RHQqCe8C
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDzv1waOQJ
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CXbPsLJWy
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzw0bPdCuUW
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcV1MZ6zBgX
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrINtQz8Ct
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?328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8iXfE8GJT
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSHfneLbdz
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrnQcXkh1F
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9UZMufb1n
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqf73I5f06
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUG86h5sjP
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiffZ0Vd9ul
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? 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3OGc17w60
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. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vcAeos4Mt
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?328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44Ip2wXKDi
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
