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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?412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1XcPkEkox
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡda9Gz8xW5N
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.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOS0QjQ0EaJ
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.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFklDK38JE
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVS0KfxiXC
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOQeHJcsRS
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUZv7pP9wS
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttw7nBSbtE
"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. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrKGK7QdEw
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHhrL6zUUf
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0krpVczo6
"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. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLWup1T1U9
"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. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8cd2mvcCy
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy43ZwFyaUS
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdn1XGyX36
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PSGXvr2CC
"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.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQ7AL6ya6C
"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. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88K2T9xnC6
"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. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXQpgo9LKA
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSNIQ7i5Fj
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?"412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWV8uVHuf9g
"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?" 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ifPWxJX5c
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDgfIBfoap
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1h4QRExeC
Fuck. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNvs5KMI6X
Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7OKIbKo5Y
"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. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmSKalq1ub
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsxplX9dhf
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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. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKx1r2t1TA
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡproJKWnrz8
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbK3clPXf6t
"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. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQy0omspuP
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBTLAF27Hz
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMdrir1jk1
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8KaC2FUB3
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYep5HpslM
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7gFTih6U8
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaUgWNbHGv
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?412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwf699fM5R
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcde5eG8DX
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfVndgoo4i
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKllIavWBY
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSMYlpxhB1
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkW905MgE5
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmadUAdEZrJ
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? 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmm0azR3e1
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. 412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXtMmue2nu
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?412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsSZZUXwwt
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
