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 suggests

more helpful

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,”

but she would have called me

she’s more of a phone

if she’s surrounded by the enemy and needs to

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

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

think someone is trying to establish communication with me while pretending to be

long without any word from her,

it would

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

put my mind at ease,”

was

seems off,

isn’t aware that I’ve recovered my line, so she would likely

a line that might

entirely clear, but I

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

the other hand,

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

us,” she suggested, using air

as Sophia must have a

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

we can wait for

captive, she might cleverly mislead her captors

certain she knows we’re searching for her, and her captors might

in her answers to help us uncover what’s

nodded, looking at her,

to worry about my feelings

your friend,

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

managed to keep my

was our inside joke, and

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

won’t dispose

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

alive until they accomplish whatever they have

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

concerned about her safety and prayed that we

the Gamma and the Beta off,

laughed because it was clear that Justin had cleverly left us alone with the officers to question

smart move on

directly conducting the questioning and making it a casual conversation, it

accuse us of treating them