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

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

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,

would have called me

rarely sends text messages; she’s more of a phone person,” I explained before

if she’s surrounded by the enemy

send a text

I didn’t believe

trying to establish communication with me while pretending to be

long without any word

from her, it would have been sent to

would have also contained more details about her well-being before

put my mind at ease,”

last time we spoke was

tone of this message seems off, as if

so she would likely have sent the

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

have been entirely clear, but I had

message doesn’t provide much information,” Charlotte acknowledged, stating

hand, had a

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

we continue to interact with ‘Sophia’ and see where it leads us,”

Sophia must have

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

we can wait for

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

certain she knows we’re searching for her, and

her answers to help us uncover what’s

at her,

have to worry about my feelings when it comes

your friend, nothing

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

managed to keep my

laughed, signifying that she noticed my momentary unease, but it was our inside joke, and the others remained

still alive and safe,” Marvin expressed, echoing

won’t dispose of her

Mike is working for them, they won’t dare harm her, and

they accomplish whatever they have planned,” Oliver

idea that Sophia couldn’t reach out to me

her safety and prayed that we could resolve

the Beta off,

he inquired, and we all laughed because it was clear that

a smart move

not directly conducting the questioning and making it a casual conversation,

couldn’t accuse us of treating