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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?411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuqJzRPAJT
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YTbR4q0Sc
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.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSebaY67TG
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.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6g2bSefjE
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNs7HdT5lnZ
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqwu9Q9dc0
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSef3oflXde
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSquM76Pcp
"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. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHguHqcxhK6
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0fByPJoBT
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFOyILdsaN
"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. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHPvJ5P42i
"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. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMSeAsohZT
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Q8ul9g7NO
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufDjS9Bsp7
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QulfRdJs9
"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.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsbliXux7n
"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. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlxJS5iRlH
"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. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7XngMexe1
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFmX6FUvXl
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?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOlNm3CPMz
"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?" 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc08UW2MHEc
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fINhrlSjA
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kDU2xGbJL
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Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxB1Dbq7XB
"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. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJv3ECXpSFG
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPN5GB3sIrO
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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. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡritlLGiEpw
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQIXGFRE9C
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9P1CyDJ0Dq
"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. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0j7bFWzlvC
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TDCPikc8F
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHeKqXF7DD
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzS3b2JbSAD
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyBVs9Amyp
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmVdlh1o4d
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZObYjWV23
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?411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmwwb1bDrJ
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0scsJ3Ae0
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uOgrZe8vf
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaLmYzRuzw
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWlbhjXrCC
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48RzuDHcIF
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoe3LYGlxA
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? 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2j8NaixRGH
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. 411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraVFpplgPy
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?411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFcydc5hIg
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
