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.

vagueness of the message

more helpful details,”

possibility that she just wants you to stay out of the matter to protect you? Sending a vague message would be

called

messages; she’s more of a

the enemy and

choice but to send a

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

communication with me while pretending

too long without any word from her, making

were genuinely from her, it

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

put my mind at

we spoke was back when

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

she would likely have sent the message to Charlotte’s

line that might

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

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

on the other hand, had a different

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

where it leads us,” she suggested, using air quotes when

as Sophia must have

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

wait

held captive, she might cleverly

we’re searching for her, and her

for her to mislead them in her answers to help

nodded, looking at her,

about my feelings

know she’s just your friend, nothing more,” she assured

too,” she added, but I could sense

to keep

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

and safe,” Marvin expressed, echoing my

dispose of her

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

whatever they have planned,”

idea that Sophia couldn’t reach out to me when she wanted,

prayed that we could resolve this situation as quickly

and the Beta off, and we remained

do?” he inquired, and we all laughed because it was clear that Justin had cleverly

was a smart move

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

they couldn’t accuse us of