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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?295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92RCVPhhD9
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevkXzrAHyb
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.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85IuOXKHSB
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.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtze1MT58qx
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMu9w5SNSG4
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZ9Csz81bl
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyi99qnSwez
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVD25GDJNch
"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. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzw5gorsFa9
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNHrjqcMrV
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxyJh8FSdL
"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. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoI1F5VVEeZ
"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. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBf2TTq4LO
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwM9WDcQTE
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonlhsibnQI
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMOQtfKZ64
"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.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXKGE3PIL1
"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. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdLP3ckLS1
"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. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBGibh1uYe
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp14ypldwUF
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?"295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCpVGPDt85
"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?" 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xW6CJWXJT
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnQXm9R51g
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtajXnsnvQM
Fuck. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsShJAy2GdR
Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YCkA6gHCI
"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. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF45TrnZRj1
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBYldbURUv
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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. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LoZbrJspn
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjRDFucr5m
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC06HVfPetG
"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. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNl40okOVi
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCkKUBwroW
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMrms1wiV0
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlxHWniWoM
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocPO2DEUoV
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4O9QrenSq
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEZlSIMf1L
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?295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKOFgX8eF0
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2PlTyqE42
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdRmlqJId6
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwPzSzjTJ5
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcTGn3ocfu
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSTZ1N8P61
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAXMYmCsNG
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? 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxHrDzzB08
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. 295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07xaXKLyIA
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?295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlT8kDQDaEL
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
