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?”

he was joking, but she took it seriously

thought when a voice brought

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

“Josephine?”

also heard that from the other

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

she was

walked toward the woman. Her eyes scanned Josephine up

Look at you, coming to see him all wet.” She reached out and picked

face was full of pride and arrogance. “But what’s the point of this? To him, you’re just like a pet. You think it’s

her lips tightly, and maybe because it was too

say it. Josephine knew

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

he would forget to feed it before going to work and made sure to

two different things, after

finishing the coffee delivery and overheard what Sierra just said. She quickly walked up to Josephine, stood protectively in front of her, and eyed

you being so loud?

she glared at Avery. “Did you forget to brush your teeth after breakfast? Why are you saying all that shit to my face? Who gave you the right

crossed her arms and looked at

you think you are? You think you’re superior just because you’re bullying someone who can’t speak? I’ve really never encountered anyone like you, running into other

face turned red from being choked by