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.

vagueness of the message

have contained more helpful details,” I explained, and

a vague message would be

would have called me if it were

rarely sends text messages; she’s more of a phone person,” I explained

by the enemy and needs to

might leave her no choice but to send a text message, Li,” he argued,

me to share my theory if I didn’t believe

someone is trying to establish communication with me while pretending to be

without any word from her, making this message

her, it would

details about her well-being

my mind at ease,”

spoke was back when

off, as if we’ve been in

so she would likely have

a line that might still be switched off,” I concluded, and Charlotte

but I had a gut feeling that

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

other hand,

line of communication has been opened between us and whoever sent

us,” she suggested, using air

is posing as Sophia must have a

if it’s truly her or not, you should engage in

wait for

if she’s being held captive, she might cleverly mislead her captors and

searching for her, and her captors might have informed her

to mislead them in her answers to help us uncover what’s really going

looking at her,

have to worry about my feelings when

she’s just your friend,

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

to keep

laughed, signifying that she noticed my momentary unease, but it was our

hope she’s still alive and safe,” Marvin expressed, echoing my biggest

won’t dispose of her

working for them, they won’t dare harm her, and

any case, she’ll likely remain alive until they accomplish whatever they have planned,” Oliver pointed out, and

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

deeply concerned about her safety and prayed that we could resolve this situation

the Gamma and the Beta off, and we remained on

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

a smart move on

questioning and making it a casual conversation, it wouldn’t

accuse us of treating them as