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

Sophia, it would have contained more

the matter to protect you? Sending a vague message would be the best way to ensure you have nothing to

she would have called me if it were really

of a phone person,”

enemy and

no choice but to send a text message, Li,” he

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

someone is trying to establish communication with me

long without any word from her, making this

it

would have also contained more details about her well-being before asking me to stop

put my mind at ease,” I

we spoke was back when

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

isn’t aware that I’ve recovered my line, so she would likely have sent the message to Charlotte’s phone to ensure I

might still be switched off,” I concluded,

entirely clear, but I had

this message

hand, had

of communication

it leads us,” she

posing as Sophia must have a

truly her or not, you should engage in conversation and

can wait for

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

knows we’re searching for her, and her captors might have informed her

for her to mislead them in her answers to help us

nodded, looking at her, and she smiled

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

your friend, nothing

added, but I could sense that

managed to keep

that she noticed my momentary unease, but it was our inside joke, and the others remained oblivious to our unspoken

she’s still alive and safe,” Marvin

won’t dispose of

harm her, and if they

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

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

prayed that we could resolve

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

we all laughed because it was clear that Justin

was a smart move

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

way, they couldn’t accuse us