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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?367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsbNLCtjlp
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVGfV5ZcFz
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.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvCDFryzYO
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.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgXQI4yZhk
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5I1LXOO5Z
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZtElMixdV
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tYgIyHhEp
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzC3516modW
"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. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgohKol8ek1
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYk5pQGDsh
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ya3k4NPwz
"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. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaqGxkDDVq
"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. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIXr8BS9kw
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HfCMo5gaR
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeTL3CVILk
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Pk8JjSKx2
"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.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72XlyMmNwj
"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. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8WkHdC1D7
"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. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBfdgvCgQM
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mobYakBgM
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?"367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByT5ODuHqz
"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?" 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxk4Fewf7jS
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskEUWpoGsy
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRgK0Iei3P
Fuck. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSnkN7HLou
Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RY4wrNPCT
"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. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTQ6n6wvqf
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENvhgUYNP7
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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. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTTJCA5su1
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9IZtZYRph
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprBTKguGmn
"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. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsURPgrxjNw
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZaxCXcOmg
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgMZ2011Ai
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOsA6L13o8
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZeNpYnRf9
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4K5inXF3k
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLc9HznzXx
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?367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIJSbxuPse
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNINPxq0nz
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmB7OVJkecM
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYbkj7MnUf
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6oiJoLeGP
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXnoGKAhAH
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjo0lLeKwT
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? 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn58NVyD3k5
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. 367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkUdVlXc19
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?367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcMh9DhQmw
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
