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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?371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIZJzSBBUY
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzdaldMtZn
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.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITisy2zsSZ
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.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡram8hIZlDx
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwzsipeb1d
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfU2x4WWJrs
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYaQKuyWrO
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdaV9zAO6Q
"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. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5ptLyToc3
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgRdIPz60U
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbmu5DH977
"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. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qcNg7XCUV
"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. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXysAf3jq9
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJA2KprBMLY
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIl3PRowQL
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKAEyRl8Ef
"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.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkymcxYl9o
"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. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuq5YLaKwwR
"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. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiVpiJ4ipL
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡab1kQNUEde
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?"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1BfSnbOXD
"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?" 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvH4u9MkY0
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeFCGzaZ5o
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HQ8Zpkqwd
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Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIU85TsCqRB
"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. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Pzgan3w9Q
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFK4mF6cT8
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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. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAS4GLffPI
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlunyGT8Js
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtP4QWiQ4Y
"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. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqAXoF8oXW
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ziJ4ST0mC
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlqojXeQJN
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xHfJFZxdp
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRuLcRHoq9
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKB4lIDWR86
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QR0YNkXDT
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?371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4C40AFls3m
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2zSPpbVvx
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaecEKtnSY
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aUkJut3VO
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLKZYukAqY
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHvI0djAsc
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hFVvuyjjO
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? 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmw9Q4ntCu
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. 371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPH0VgPPwMM
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?371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFb09LJ2g5
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
