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 an

more helpful details,” I explained, and

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

called me if it were

messages; she’s more of a phone person,” I explained

the enemy and needs to secretly communicate

leave her no choice but to send a text message, Li,” he argued, and many

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

communication

been too long without any word from her,

from her, it

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

my mind

was back

this message seems off,

my line, so she would likely have sent the message

might still be switched off,” I

been entirely clear, but I had a

point, Li, but you’re right; this message doesn’t

the other hand, had a different

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

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

is posing as Sophia must have a

her or not, you should engage in conversation and share specific details that only she would

can wait

captive, she might cleverly mislead her captors and

we’re searching for her, and her

in her answers to help us uncover what’s really going on,”

her, and she smiled

really don’t have to worry about my

just your friend, nothing

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

to keep my

but it was our inside joke, and the others remained oblivious to our

still alive and safe,” Marvin expressed, echoing my biggest

dispose

harm her, and

case, she’ll likely remain alive until they accomplish whatever they have planned,” Oliver pointed out, and his assessment

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

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

after seeing the Gamma and the Beta off, and

and we all laughed because it was clear that Justin had cleverly

smart move on

and making it a casual conversation, it wouldn’t

couldn’t accuse us of treating them as