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.

God saving the world, she became

grab

but she missed it. In the end, the door closed again, and she fell back into the darkness once

blinding. She gasped heavily for air, unable to shake off the chaos in

sounded next

“You tell her.”

tell her,

you think it’s

and Avery

his throat, patted Avery’s shoulder, and turned to leave.

to Avery,

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

stared straight at her. She waited for a long time, but what Avery

gestured, “Avery, do I have a terminal

was a terminal illness, she wouldn’t have to agonize about the meaning of life

her hand and argued, “Hey, don’t be ridiculous. You don’t have a terminal illness.

that, Avery shut her eyes in frustration, thinking that it would have been better if Josephine

mind went blank, and she felt as if a thunderbolt had struck her. She sat on the bed in shock,

a while, she regained her composure and gestured

too fast. I