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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?425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kRrv247EW
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJPOox4x5R
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.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzE7UAkflcs
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.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBxKvQpX12
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzB3Ll7qFO
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72zoPRs1ae
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7I1nadMsyq
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssvzNpus4r
"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. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6yLBEKE11
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZfrD05eIQ
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCw3xCwxj1i
"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. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLt74ZQbmJJ
"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. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8f62CDzBMe
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BgLuWBxv1
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlyFhWEdNh
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEfnSwHaUG
"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.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1D6nDdbgON
"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. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTqHrIjS7z
"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. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9SsqBIPnm
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAebz80rcLH
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?"425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWSQ0HRgZq
"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?" 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCfJwr1Uiy
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeZc41Okef
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zBcsfOHUF
Fuck. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36S6P8eRoH
Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2RGWGHqQG
"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. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx66ARW6lV5
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0qW53Ey00
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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. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8pTiloifI
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9otJNjhQgB
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbEUta32wX
"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. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EpL0klebg
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXgBBLsD6V
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVPOGLiYwU
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vlD3BCKbb
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzkcg2JRy5
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQQRZe8S1m
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmECayo1D0
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?425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq9NscDqKO
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEc4aGXIH0
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCQWDs1wcC
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXHKlAcCqj
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIA8tJJMoJ
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9VXeTs2HY
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtxVUVxDMN
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? 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEA5ysZkdMp
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. 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ln9AIlAQG
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?425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8619swew1s
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
