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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?413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkhmlIwvPH
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hRh0kqr0U
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.413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIAwSc3e1T
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.413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrR9jBR2TCv
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7MQ6y4M0W
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOCXEcyLoa
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1j0emKZhpO
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRN7EwMt71E
"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. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPo5TbPORuT
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWK6f6Nh7YG
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZAB0Vl1vk
"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. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJc3k0za0Xj
"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. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0ZFoQqjBE
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvbcBKvqe2
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdeBGl3DBg
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JlmoopA2Q
"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.413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7YmOPsfcc
"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. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGS0xTPv3x
"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. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMvnxVQSEd
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBt4OlyMOo
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?"413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwR4nBGFqJl
"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?" 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvw1yhMgf5f
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuOw94s9su
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bsLoCvF7b
Fuck. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XFEWzthJp
Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0cJ11mypB
"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. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwda0QSQUCl
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCauqUkw8XM
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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. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrnN7KFnoY
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjj8WeGxLKs
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMH05h0Qw9
"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. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmELMTJK0F
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rKF9Rvtcw
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluQ26xhLhB
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFS2ONt6rLs
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2b7U3OyQfa
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleRnzaT9nD
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UsI0IMAOc
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?413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1u7LlGI4hr
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxTAxsSzo1
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZ6djcwWAW
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqMQHHr1lx
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvUpahkMNt
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5Y4B6es7W
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxbbUPDhkk
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? 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30qfvspeUh
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. 413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhzT7UjhH2
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?413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdOXekRA6F
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
