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.

of the message

have contained more helpful details,” I explained, and Noah

out of the matter to protect you? Sending a vague

would have called me if it

more of

she’s surrounded by the enemy and needs

to send a text message,

then asked me to share my theory if I didn’t believe the

trying to establish communication

been too long without any word from her,

it were genuinely from her, it would have been sent

would have also contained more details about her

will want to put my mind at ease,”

spoke was back when we were in

message seems off,

so she would likely have sent the message to Charlotte’s phone to ensure I

message to a line that might still

not have been entirely clear, but I had

Li, but you’re right; this message doesn’t provide much information,” Charlotte acknowledged, stating

hand, had a different

this message, a line of communication has been opened between us and

leads us,” she suggested, using air quotes when

Sophia must have

it’s truly her or not, you should engage in conversation and share specific details

we can wait for her

held captive, she might cleverly

knows we’re searching for her, and

to help us uncover what’s really going

at her,

have to worry about my feelings when

just your friend,

friends too,” she added, but I could sense that

to keep

laughed, signifying that she noticed my momentary unease, but it was

still alive and safe,” Marvin expressed, echoing

dispose of

working for them, they won’t dare harm her, and if they have some ulterior motive involving her, they won’t

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

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

about her safety and prayed that we could resolve

the Beta off, and we remained on

all laughed because it was clear that Justin had cleverly left us

was a smart move

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

accuse us of treating