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

was genuinely from Sophia, it would have contained more helpful

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

but she would have called me if it

she’s more of

she’s surrounded by the enemy and needs to

choice but to send a

I didn’t believe the message was from Sophia, giving me

communication

word

were genuinely from her, it would have been sent

would have also contained more details about her well-being

put my mind at

time we spoke was back when we were

message seems off, as

would likely

sending a message to a line that might still be switched

have been entirely clear, but I had a gut feeling that

but you’re right; this message

hand, had

receiving this message, a line of communication has

interact with ‘Sophia’ and see where it leads us,” she suggested,

posing as Sophia must have a

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

we can wait for her

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

searching for her, and her captors

help us uncover what’s really going on,”

looking at her, and she

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

your friend, nothing

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

I managed to

but it was our inside joke, and the others remained

alive and safe,” Marvin expressed, echoing my

won’t dispose

harm her, and if they have some ulterior motive involving her, they

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

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

was deeply concerned about her safety and prayed that we could

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

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

was a smart

and making it a casual conversation, it wouldn’t

they couldn’t accuse us of treating them as