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 suggests an underlying

have contained more helpful

she just wants you to stay out of the matter to protect you? Sending a vague message would be the best

but she would have called me if

of a phone person,” I explained

the enemy and needs to

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

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

think someone is trying to establish communication with me while pretending

too long without any word

her, it would have been sent to Charlotte’s

contained more details about

put my mind at ease,” I

spoke was back when

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

would likely have

message to a line that might still be switched off,”

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

this message doesn’t provide much information,”

other hand,

of communication has been opened between

see where it leads us,” she

as Sophia

truly her or not, you should engage in conversation and share

wait for her

held captive, she might cleverly mislead her captors and provide

we’re searching for her, and her

her to mislead them in her answers to help us uncover what’s really going on,” Josephine explained, perfectly

nodded, looking at her,

to worry about my feelings

friend, nothing more,” she

I could sense that Alex wasn’t entirely comfortable

to keep my

was our inside joke, and the

still alive and safe,” Marvin expressed, echoing my biggest

won’t dispose of her

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

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

of comfort, but the idea that Sophia couldn’t

her safety and prayed that we could resolve this

and the Beta off, and we

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

smart

making it a casual

couldn’t accuse us of treating them