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 an

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

a vague message would be the

called me

text messages; she’s more of a phone person,” I explained before Sebastien

she’s surrounded by the enemy and

to send a text message, Li,” he argued, and many others seemed

my theory if I didn’t believe the message was from Sophia, giving

is trying to establish communication with me

word from

her, it

about her well-being before

will want to put my

was

tone of this message seems off, as if we’ve

my line, so she would likely have sent the message to Charlotte’s phone to ensure I received

a line that might

been entirely clear, but I had a gut feeling that

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

other hand, had a

message, a line of communication has been opened

interact with ‘Sophia’ and see where it leads us,” she suggested, using air quotes when saying

Sophia must have

not, you should engage in conversation and share specific details that only

we can wait for her

being held captive, she might cleverly mislead her captors and provide

certain she knows we’re searching for her, and her captors might have

to help us uncover what’s really going

looking at her,

to worry about my feelings when

know she’s just your friend,

added, but I could sense that Alex wasn’t

I managed to keep my

she noticed my momentary unease, but it was our

safe,” Marvin

dispose of her

dare harm her, and if they have some ulterior

they accomplish whatever they have planned,” Oliver pointed out, and his

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

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

came back after seeing the Gamma and the Beta off,

inquired, and we all laughed because it was clear that Justin had cleverly left us alone with the officers

a smart move on his

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

us