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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?392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aPUODsB03
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9bZYZUBUv
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.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GDTtEPZAK
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.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegOCgzIOWA
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmeXdgY7hl
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXipCH6jLPI
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZZVAlWrnE
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA37YktnDfJ
"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. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMWTbHfJEq
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbprGoB2Fsg
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZ1sZnI9Vh
"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. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8o58jFAy3
"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. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1t5sLRYSS
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylOU1zmysx
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAdSq2RG7C
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaQdQxi1uh
"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.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5uS4mbSzu
"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. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDkIdKZSgJ
"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. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05Ebc7gRHo
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEe9oJRxgFB
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?"392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4meW0EpPA
"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?" 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAATux72ro
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwA8FgJ0AL
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BEwmmt1Dj
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Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jLXefeYCH
"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. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScNtGpzasr
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRr0iGoRlJO
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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. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPOpOx8Wp1
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftgsrn9ZTc
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsv5aSNZDA
"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. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiK9dFP5Oj
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrUnBLK0c3
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZnvLo53iO
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEojp7kXm2c
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OdJrSr3rb
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgZwnBD2XG
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUO29SNgin
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?392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiypzJW2Jpr
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhWnre2d2w
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVOeVrzOeq
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaLkctZDYG
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXm9XyjgiY
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMBRZyl79T
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaNo9Qz3hH
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? 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAVADvzX54
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. 392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVTa5rHlen
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?392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwQohvTiEl
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
