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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?352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYJXJglmCf
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMI2QedtSh7
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.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9aOjxCOEp
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.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEfxLZEyOM
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtl18NHhq0P
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfq1cDXnMh
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpLpEqswOt
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTEbGT3cqA
"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. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznbxCEXEkZ
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiXcfC552W
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyJBks3ISE
"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. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmo4Ozg0vHT
"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. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQCQvi58ny
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolrHWNpyeQ
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7b9yyrFCEh
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaC9EtbiS3N
"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.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡej72oX2oNZ
"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. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qKkywYceW
"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. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQO8VmKcOrk
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWP6J8mjiv
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?"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXFIfCdHDg
"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?" 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVWrVF7Zhl
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oHXaeTVUa
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrIjfQx5AX
Fuck. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTBP6eeZd0
Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hJUsA8iA3
"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. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32XXwVy2Jk
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrttfJiLERD
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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. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuqjXeNqze
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7Y2VANWwJ
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9DvRhKyZT
"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. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtHJBNTdCj
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gawnMkGMr
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNoeuYKxhs
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzU2SKDj8q1
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMh4sE2m1SW
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkvJeSxvoo
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zIMAqxfi9
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?352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5Ncka0jvM
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAsg0lncVT
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80HNSyCTfG
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnQ8gN6tf2
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rtvfHkYd9
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDz58w4pNYX
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3b6ak95PU
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? 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbe9ftMJ8Rr
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. 352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAC4oV1MTo4
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?352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Bviww7URS
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
