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 underlying

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

matter to protect you? Sending a vague message would be the best

called me if it

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

she’s surrounded by the enemy and

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

believe the message was

someone is trying to establish communication

long without any word from her,

her, it would have been

contained more details about her well-being before asking me to

my

we spoke was

this message seems off,

my line, so she would likely have

a line that might still

I had a gut feeling that I was

you’re right; this message doesn’t provide much information,”

on the other hand, had a

of communication has been

see where it leads us,” she suggested, using air quotes when saying ‘Sophia,’ which elicited

posing as Sophia must have

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

we can wait

captive, she might cleverly mislead

we’re searching for her, and her captors might have informed

her answers to help

her, and she smiled in

don’t have to worry about my feelings

friend, nothing

added, but I could sense that Alex

to keep

that she noticed my momentary unease, but it was our inside joke, and the others remained oblivious to

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

won’t dispose of her

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

remain alive until 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

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

the Gamma and the Beta off, and we remained on high

we all laughed because it was

smart move on

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

way, they couldn’t accuse us of