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,” I explained, and Noah voiced

a vague message would be the best way to

would have called

messages; she’s more of a phone

by the enemy and

situation might leave her no choice but to send a text message, Li,” he argued,

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

communication with me while

any word from her,

her, it would have been

have also contained more details about her

will want to put my mind at ease,”

was back when

message seems off, as if we’ve

would likely have sent the message to Charlotte’s phone to ensure

line that might still be switched off,” I concluded, and Charlotte

not have been entirely clear, but I had a gut feeling that I was onto

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

on the other hand, had a different

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

and see where it leads us,” she suggested, using air quotes

posing as Sophia must

you should engage in conversation and share specific details that only

we can wait for

captive, she might cleverly mislead her captors and

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

her answers to help us uncover what’s really going on,” Josephine explained, perfectly echoing

nodded, looking at her, and she smiled in

worry about my feelings when it comes to

just your friend, nothing

could sense that Alex wasn’t

managed to keep my

my momentary unease, but it was

still alive and safe,” Marvin

dispose

dare harm her, and if they have some

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

the idea that Sophia couldn’t

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

back after seeing the Gamma and the

inquired, and we all laughed because it was

smart move

questioning and making it a casual conversation, it wouldn’t be considered an

way, they couldn’t accuse us of treating them as