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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?332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJbAsWMaAf
I called Mother, but she claims she hasn't seen Samantha for weeks. She could be lying, for all I know.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrDvqC8KyU
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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrADq0HO8L7
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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtofKQFaLMd
After I read the letter, I just knew it had to be Samantha. Who else is spiteful enough to do this?332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWU2MWDZHq
"So, now what?" Nate looks at me with the same sad expression he's had for the past three days. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtPvYLMxaW
I blow out a breath. "I don't know."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQkj4xuozX
"Shit, man." His eyes are wide. "Well, if you don't have a plan, we're screwed."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqbYXFAkm8
"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. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkfwoWyjp7
"No, I'm serious. You're the brains. I'm the brawn." I roll my eyes, but it only reminds me of her. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGcfBMqsN1
"I thought Kai was the brawn." I'd rather have them all go help me beat up whoever has Kat. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmoarrb93P
"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. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlqa9eSLcM
"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. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHpDvfVuw3
"Oh yeah." I run and grab it off the counter and answer the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0E8rwgCLEX
"Hey man, it's AJ." Shit. I'm really nervous to hear what he's about to say.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLR8auG3P9y
"Please tell me you have good news." I switch the phone to speaker, so Nate can hear too.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLMJqNnTOF
"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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLD7XdrqA1
"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. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolfKGeKCZ5
"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. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCvMPXNAsw
"What?" Is all I can get out. My brain isn't functioning properly.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJEb5H0HIw
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?"332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡta7UwHAUQ3
"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?" 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTQTWy0XN6
Why does that name not sound familiar at all?332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmY24bhtetx
Nate and I look at each other, both saying the same thing in unison. "No."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8RWJ0ltFP
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Not another dead end. Just when I started to have a sliver of hope. I should have known better. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90ilPdjTYz
"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. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5j4dJbP1KR
"Nope." And there goes the last of our hope.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWh0OzJUFHW
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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. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtUhosrcJy
"Thanks. We appreciate it." Nate mumbles a goodbye and hangs up my phone. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYu0o3d2Nw
He looks at me with so much sympathy that it's pissing me off. "Well, now what?"332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaJzkeeK2O
"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. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsFjuaGtw0
"What the fuck man? I'm trying to help you here." He looks hurt, but I can't stop myself. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJS3ihIyzP
"Yeah, well, maybe I don't need your help." I'm so full of shit. I can't even do it with his help.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvX1gbjYHf
"Just leave me alone." I'm so pissed off at everything, but mostly I'm pissed off at myself for not protecting her. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mpuP7ohCf
"Fine. Have it your way." He does a sarcastic bow and leaves, with a slam of the door.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW84uNoGGCy
Finally. I'm alone with my thoughts. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIops0hTQrr
Oh shit. I'm alone with my thoughts. Fuck. I don't want this. When did it get so loud in my head?332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT63m81vtlj
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?332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Zu8mBbMYi
Why can't I just figure this out and find her so we can get married and have a family and grow old together? 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZQ5OARZnL
Oh shit. What if she's already dead? 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKslYlwprYr
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No, don't think like that. She has to be okay. She has to be. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9A4VGPSsw
Fuck. This is all my fault. Whoever is doing this is doing it to get to me. What did I ever do to them? 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4zdxpGrRD
What do they want? Is it money? That seems the most likely. But that doesn't explain the note. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRlRGxRNyh
No wait. If that's all they were after, then why haven't they contacted me? And why would they take Samantha too? 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRDiA0813t
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? 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9KqPGPh75
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. 332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnx9OAyxRnr
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?332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhZHs5PvPs
Shit. None of this makes any sense.
