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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.