What Separates Me and You

Chapter 12 Falling Back Into the Darkness

Fortunately, Tyler was quick enough to react and caught Josephine in his arms. He felt the heat on her shoulders and looked at her in surprise. “She has a fever.”

Startled, he then called out, “Quick, go find a doctor!”

Josephine seemed to have fallen into a long dream where she went back to her childhood.

Daphne had locked her inside a storage room. The house was dark, and she was swallowed by the darkness as if falling into a black vortex.

She desperately pounded on the door, but no one answered her.

When she was in utmost despair, the closed door slowly opened, and a beam of light shone through the crack. It got bigger and brighter, illuminating her eyes.

That tall and majestic figure was bathed in the holy light like a god coming down to drive away the gloom around her.

He reached out his hand and rolled up the sleeve of his white shirt. His slender fingers then appeared in front of her, breaking through all her defenses.

the world, she became his most devout follower

she reached out her hand to grab his, but the hand suddenly withdrew.

hand, but she missed it. In the end, the door closed again, and

above her head was blinding. She gasped heavily for air, unable to shake off the chaos in

sounded next

“You tell her.”

tell her,

you think it’s appropriate?”

her head and saw Tyler and Avery standing at

throat, patted Avery’s

propped herself up and gestured to Avery,

bedside with an uneasy look on her face. She grabbed Josephine’s hands, wanting to speak but hesitating.

a long time, but what Avery wanted to say remained unspoken.

gestured, “Avery, do I have a terminal illness? It’s okay. I’m mentally prepared. Tell

have

“Hey, don’t be ridiculous. You don’t have

in frustration, thinking that it would have been better if Josephine really had

a thunderbolt had struck her. She sat on the bed

while, she regained her composure and gestured frantically with her fingers.

too fast. I can’t