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 an underlying

genuinely from Sophia, it would have contained more helpful details,” I explained, and

the matter to protect you? Sending a vague message would be the

would have called me if it were really

she’s more of a phone person,” I explained before Sebastien

surrounded by the enemy and

send a text message, Li,” he argued,

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

communication with

any word from her, making this

her, it would

details about her well-being before

my mind

last time we spoke was back when we

off, as if we’ve

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

to a line that might still be switched

been entirely clear, but I had a gut feeling that I

this message doesn’t provide

the other hand, had

of communication has been opened between us

to interact with ‘Sophia’ and see where it leads us,” she suggested, using air

Sophia must

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

wait for her

held captive, she might cleverly mislead her captors

searching for her, and her captors might have informed her about

to mislead them in her answers to help us

nodded, looking at her, and she smiled in

about

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

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

managed to keep

momentary unease, but it was our inside joke, and the others remained

alive and safe,” Marvin expressed, echoing my

dispose

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

likely remain alive until they accomplish whatever they have planned,” Oliver pointed out, and his

the idea that

concerned about her safety and prayed that we could resolve this situation as

and the Beta off, and we remained on high

because it was clear that Justin had

smart

not directly conducting the questioning and making it a casual

they couldn’t accuse us of treating