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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?336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoNilevJOo
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lXmIhHjp1
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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADPe2fie7W
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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡip7wKZgqjs
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKI307vPuj
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJON0JxG2an
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbNhbm8VGG
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2DyD7Z1ia
"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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FCVhaezyP
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LT4YxsVJ9
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZJet6tUq6
"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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6UibQZ8rZ
"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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81hjlDdijO
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aC4Aa4NGi
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEpa8J2ciG
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALZRKsBLD7
"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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3noZuD3T9
"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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XEAwFRiLt
"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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hIDPYQMJ5
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRrLCo0NrL
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?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW54pJkmcXX
"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?" 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0beUQ2Akd
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QOEToS77D
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPY1stvW46h
Fuck. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVt4IXRGrh
Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAd1pcQ59X
"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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBPBdoeUBo
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTNPSC5hw8
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgtF2F9Itu
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryOYjbqioX
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVffiB3VNYu
"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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiKbiY0LHi
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7SR9Biw9H
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdANvwUQM9r
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKUIfVVSIa
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEfUE1WTag
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQC6dUots8O
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZAnI4g7br
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?336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpejf34QOP
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXsT6OdWcU
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUJQQKaef9
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJ3uUYYqrO
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAd3g9UoQd
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9ZBzL1Ci3
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChwtMnWJIz
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? 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaX1o6fthm
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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6H95DI5qT7
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?336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAjHUpgPMB
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
