What Separates Me and You

Chapter 6 Where Did This Old Hen Come From?

Avery helped Josephine remove her helmet. Both of them were completely drenched, but the coffee in Josephine’s arms was intact.

“Are these people crazy? Do they not even have a coffee machine in this big company?” Avery ranted as she took the coffee from her hands and smiled. “Hey, you can wait here. I’ll be right back.”

Josephine nodded lightly and walked to the main entrance to wait.

The rain grew heavier, and it seemed like winter was coming with the downpour.

Josephine stared into the rain, her mind wandering.

On the day Grandpa Alan brought her to Alvarez Manor, it had also been pouring heavily. The nine-year-old Lewis had scrutinized her and asked who she was.

Grandpa Alan jokingly replied, “I found you a wife. Do you want her?”

Lewis, who was so young at the time, sneered and said, “I don’t want a monkey as my wife.”

He was right. She had been really skinny back then, and her hair was very dry. She might have looked worse than the monkeys in the zoo.

But then he added, “If you don’t eat more, how can you be my wife when you’re so skinny?”

knew he was joking, but she

a

walked out of the building in her high heels. When she turned

“Josephine?”

phone with Lewis, so he also heard that from the other end of the phone.

turned to look at the office building, then glanced at Josephine. She hung up the phone. “Are you here to look for Lewis?”

she was not

walked toward the woman. Her eyes scanned Josephine up and down like

but you don’t seem it at all. Look at you, coming to see him all wet.” She reached out and picked up a strand of wet hair from Josephine’s shoulder. “People

the point of this? To him, you’re just like a pet. You think it’s love when he caresses your head?

it was too cold

say it. Josephine knew it in her

usually looked at her was no different from the way he looked at the cat he

cat a lot too. Sometimes, he would forget to feed it before going to work and

two different things,

finishing the coffee delivery and overheard what Sierra just said. She quickly walked up to

come from? Why are you being so

and she glared at Avery. “Did you forget to brush your teeth after breakfast? Why are you

arms and looked at her

who can’t speak? I’ve really never encountered anyone like you, running into other people’s homes and squawking everywhere. Are you

face turned red from being choked by