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.

message

Sophia, it would have contained more helpful

of the matter to protect you? Sending a vague message

would have called me

she’s more of a phone

by the enemy and needs to

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

I didn’t believe the message was

is trying to establish communication

word from her, making this

it would have

details about her well-being before

put my

we spoke was

seems off, as if we’ve been in frequent

likely have sent the message to Charlotte’s phone to ensure

risk sending a message to a line that might still be

not have been entirely clear, but I had a gut feeling that I was

Li, but you’re right; this message doesn’t provide

on the other hand, had a different

this message, a line of communication has

us,” she

as Sophia

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

wait for

captive, she might cleverly mislead her captors and provide us with

her, and her captors might

mislead them in her answers to help us uncover

nodded, looking at her, and she smiled

really don’t have to worry about my feelings when it comes to

she’s just your friend, nothing more,”

she added, but I could sense that Alex wasn’t entirely comfortable with

I managed to keep my

unease, but it was our inside joke, and the others remained oblivious to our unspoken

and safe,”

won’t dispose of

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

likely remain alive until they accomplish whatever they have planned,” Oliver pointed

that Sophia couldn’t reach

her safety and prayed that we could resolve this situation as

Gamma and the Beta off, and we remained on high

did they do?” he inquired, and we all laughed because it was clear that Justin

smart move

directly conducting the questioning and making it a casual conversation, it wouldn’t

they couldn’t accuse us of treating them as