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.

the message suggests an underlying

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

the matter to protect you? Sending a vague message would be the best way to ensure you have nothing to work with,” he

she would have called me if it were

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

by the enemy and

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

theory if I didn’t believe the message was from Sophia, giving

think someone is trying to establish communication

been too long without any word from her,

it would have

would have also contained more details about her well-being

want to put my

spoke was back

this message seems off,

isn’t aware that I’ve recovered my line, so she would likely have sent the message to Charlotte’s phone to

line that might still be

entirely clear, but I had a gut feeling

this message doesn’t provide much information,”

hand, had

of communication has been opened between

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

as Sophia must have a

you should engage in conversation and share specific details that only she

we can wait for

she might cleverly

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

it’s wise for her to mislead them in her answers to help us uncover what’s really going

nodded, looking at her, and

don’t have to worry about

friend, nothing

she added, but I could sense that Alex wasn’t

managed to keep my

it was our inside joke, and the others remained

safe,”

won’t dispose of

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

alive until they accomplish whatever they have planned,” Oliver

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

her safety and prayed that we could

seeing the Gamma and the Beta

how did they do?” he inquired, and we all laughed because it was clear that Justin had cleverly left us alone with the officers to

smart move

it a casual conversation,

us of treating them