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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?330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYf76eZcLMd
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn40kzEkpzh
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.330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYn03qN7yE
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.330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5BPT5RF9E
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RxfdvnVqU
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeKPww0ei2
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFt7Ufuk1H
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUVuonxVzl
"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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LAjlyGEdG
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOur30Z97Y
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mbtegoXMH
"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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVglNcxyWRA
"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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgonKmb8yH
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO10nqgwjGi
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBvEYTBS15
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjcMU1cVed
"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.330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JusFjclLK
"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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyCTSuBHkZ
"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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6oJ7JD1BF
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSV0IPtp2Fb
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?"330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpN9lOx4ul
"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?" 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqP5UTIQnP
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxTj7EwsDi
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hHrEcOCfK
Fuck. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0nrlT7OlW
Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32XWYqxhII
"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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHntkeRECz
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkit1VaU8D
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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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAj2p8j158
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ek1YPd9Cr
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Iwfp5JZAD
"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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlBd8nZBMA
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpmFxXsymh
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvv9TFnmLm
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2GOaBDE30
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxcxc66ygT
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyNszl2DjB
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmndtQ3wky2
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?330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQzJnnFXcW
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1t8dJdLgN
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VbTvZbgMi
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Pvn7d3xzr
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFvA6DZstg
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5oFDEFiVB
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4ZYtGBhTq
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? 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmA8DK26RrV
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbdDGsA7eM
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?330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Od970gc0Q
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
