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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?333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXV2NH3JikT
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnRFulA4Xd
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.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXUnMmwaSQ
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.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUNib8crwm
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycoHrrXRVS
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5ChPyGLmd
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EAYpdAQJW
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63QxINk8cu
"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. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFYOFeh8pv
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnlUqNgsOA
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwA3yyOB3gF
"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. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kiPAY0Gch
"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. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFfi4YSV2T
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7tgCsvOZ1
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VUt3k1RqJ
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEITp00LZPQ
"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.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE290fg0ze8
"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. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cwt96n0V0
"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. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtn5bWcOCXN
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUwb5yco6p
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?"333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkPBr9URbC
"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?" 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcE8TkUs7Bf
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPhH25r56n
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKfU3OF84a
Fuck. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJxEzRGOpm
Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VXdxi9dWl
"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. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnY514UPbKa
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvRAqs3bqy
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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. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hfy5RXG8s
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYKhD7jF0h
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ptMtVB7LR
"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. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwYl9NIiCB
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcEPr9OasG
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4MPsdnpHi
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAq3oBJ4qJ
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwK9r7PkfCo
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuEKq0oju5
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY60R6A5vkL
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?333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHp3KxdO6Rf
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ubVgP9lHF
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDATyukJEeK
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcHSN1v7Dd
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnNrFsymgT
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gO1bDb5DN
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiThTI3bBaA
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? 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDhO8OqG2X
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. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5OTBgQqEx
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?333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvngEIgB79G
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
