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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?410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0tb0wq0lq
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGxQ2oM64F
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.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrb1MxgzW7N
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.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VUTAHpphh
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKHbbjyOyH
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQRLBfObGV
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVt36VaoWd
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXqTmLNHP4
"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. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0n734kY3Tx
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwLbFw6WZV
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCYF5BiLNG
"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. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaUsnKfRqn
"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. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uSJ2y8hLX
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbVNk5vYnr
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgmfVLyLzc
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRtzEEWmYc
"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.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4zIl3bigg
"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. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEThHVr5eME
"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. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmvvlWVEqC
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJ8ylQFslV
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?"410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69NQLfL62L
"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?" 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZW5RJbgvq
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcn5HDPAui
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtrzH8d9Xb
Fuck. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Rei1CJqj8
Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxr9DiDsEs4
"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. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xfy4y7u9Q
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnfM7Z15Tw
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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. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4OPYAX3ni
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzYwNRGG9C
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCTcNz7NhW
"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. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidkgsi1e1V
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCddXxGZ1N
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKw53Y5Xsi
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGbLJQQZJg
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HTxwylEYt
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5X9vbzJd9
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrjrLqYQUA
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?410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfNBd1LcQo
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMJfB9tfzQ
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapqem3Fe5C
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3kSya9JFN
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLt8Bs8l7yK
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88srRiaBHe
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSdBjKrTu9
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? 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vxhMjN8zh
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. 410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHY3ju8VXXr
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?410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6RQm3sWeC
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
