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

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

just wants you to stay out of the matter to protect you? Sending a vague message would be the best way to ensure you have nothing to work with,” he suggested, and I nodded, understanding

called me if it were

more of a phone person,” I explained before

if she’s surrounded by the enemy and needs

but to send a text

theory if I didn’t believe

establish communication with me

without any word from her, making this

it would have been sent

details about

want to put my mind

we spoke was back

off, as if we’ve

that I’ve recovered my line, so she would likely have sent the message to Charlotte’s

to a line that might

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

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

the other hand, had a

but by receiving this message, a line of communication has

leads us,”

Sophia must have a

you should engage

wait for her

she might cleverly

we’re searching for her, and her

for her to mislead them in her answers to help us

looking at her,

worry about

friend,

she added, but I could sense that Alex

I managed to keep

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

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

won’t dispose of

and if they have some ulterior motive involving her, they

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

comfort, but the idea that

safety and prayed that we could resolve this situation

seeing the Gamma and the Beta off,

because it was clear that Justin had cleverly left us alone with

a smart move

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

us of treating