The Dark Side of Fate

The Dark Side Of Fate By Karima Sa’ad Usman Chapter 356

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.

was through Charlotte’s phone, as I hadn’t recovered my line back then,” I added. Marvin was the first to ask

is she asking us not to

it were truly Sophia, she would have called instead of sending a text message. The vagueness of the message suggests an underlying agenda. If it was genuinely

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

her. Sophia rarely sends text messages; she’s more

if she’s surrounded by the enemy and needs to secretly communicate with you. Her situation might leave her no choice but to send a text message, Li,” he argued, and

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

it were genuinely from her, it would have been sent to Charlotte’s phone. It would have also contained more details about her well-being before asking

as if we’ve been in frequent communication. Additionally, she isn’t aware that I’ve recovered my line, so she would likely have sent the message to Charlotte’s phone to ensure I received it. Sophia wouldn’t risk sending a message to a line that might still be switched off,” I concluded, and

but you’re right; this message doesn’t provide much information,”

on the other hand, had

but by receiving this message, a line of communication has been opened between us and whoever sent it. I propose we continue to interact with ‘Sophia’ and see where

we can wait for her response. Even if she’s being held captive, she might cleverly mislead her captors and provide us with hints. I’m certain she knows we’re searching for her, and her captors might have informed her about it. So, it’s wise for her to mislead them in her answers to help us uncover what’s really going on,”

Alex wasn’t entirely comfortable with that statement. Nevertheless, I

hope she’s still alive and safe,”

they have some ulterior motive involving her, they won’t dare either. In any case, she’ll likely remain alive until they accomplish whatever they have planned,” Oliver

to me when she wanted, troubled me greatly. I

the Beta off, and we remained on high

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

making it a casual conversation, it wouldn’t be considered an official interrogation. That way, they couldn’t accuse us of treating them as

bit difficult and hard on them, our team recognised

add up. There were discrepancies and a lack of clarity,” Josephine replied, and