The Dark Side Of Fate

To Sam Street ~Liam~ I felt uneasy about how to handle sharing and discussing the text message.

I worried that mentioning Sophia might trouble Josephine, even though I knew she was resilient.

But I also feared that it could set back the progress we had made so far.

Instead of announcing the text to everyone, I decided to talk to Josephine first.

“Hey,” I said, linking her, and she turned to face me, her brow furrowing.

I expected this reaction, as linking in close proximity was reserved for private discussions.

“I want to show you something,” I said, handing her my phone with the text message.

She took the phone, read the message, and then returned it to me.

“The team should know,” she linked back, and I observed her carefully.

“It wouldn’t bother you?” I asked to be sure.

I was still new to this relationship thing and didn’t want to make any mistakes.

“Not at all, Liam.

We had our discussion this morning, and I’m confident that Sophia’s name won’t bother me anymore.

I promise,” she said with a smile and playfully punched my shoulder.

“I’m not that petty or jealous, Li,” she laughed, and I felt relieved.

“Attention, everyone; Li has something important to share,” Josephine declared, and a chuckle escaped me.

All eyes were on me, and I cleared my throat before speaking.

I put on a serious demeanour because the situation warranted it.

If they had Sophia’s mother’s phone, there was a possibility that something significant had occurred, and their circumstances might have altered.

Navigating through this with limited information wouldn’t be a simple task, but we must exercise utmost caution.

“I just received a text message from Sophia’s mother’s line, the same line she used to communicate with me,” I explained, passing my phone around so they could read the message.

“The last time she spoke to me, it was through Charlotte’s phone, as I hadn’t recovered my line back then,” I added.

Marvin was the first to ask a question.

“So why is she asking us not to search for her?” he inquired.

“That’s precisely my point.

If it were truly Sophia, she would have called instead of sending a text message.

the message suggests

from Sophia, it would have contained more helpful details,” I explained, and Noah voiced a

to stay out of the matter to protect you? Sending a vague message would be the best way to ensure you have nothing to work with,”

she would have called

she’s more of a phone person,”

the enemy and needs to

but to send a text message, Li,”

asked me to share my theory if I didn’t believe

is trying to establish communication with me

long without any word from her, making this message

were genuinely from her, it would have been sent to Charlotte’s

contained more details about her well-being before asking me

want to put my mind at

spoke was back

of this message seems off, as if we’ve

that I’ve recovered my line, so she would likely have sent the message to

sending a message to a line that might still be switched off,” I concluded, and Charlotte nodded in

but I had a gut feeling that

Li, but you’re right; this message doesn’t provide much information,” Charlotte acknowledged, stating the

the other hand, had

but by receiving this message, a line of communication has been opened between us and whoever sent

us,” she suggested, using

Sophia must

should engage in

we can wait for her

she’s being held captive, she might cleverly mislead her captors and provide us with

for her, and her

answers to help us uncover what’s really going on,” Josephine

looking at her, and she smiled

worry about my feelings

just your friend, nothing more,”

friends too,” she added, but I could sense that Alex wasn’t entirely

I managed to keep my

it was our

and safe,” Marvin expressed, echoing my biggest

dispose

and if they have some

alive until they accomplish whatever they have planned,” Oliver pointed out, and

some sense of comfort, but the idea that Sophia couldn’t reach out to me when

safety and prayed that we could

and the Beta off, and we remained

laughed because it was clear that Justin had cleverly left us alone with

smart move on

conducting the questioning and making it a casual conversation, it wouldn’t be considered an official

couldn’t accuse us of treating them