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.

she became his

grab his,

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

above her head was blinding. She gasped heavily for air, unable

voice sounded

“You tell her.”

you tell her,

think it’s appropriate?”

turned her head and saw Tyler and Avery standing at the bedside,

cleared his throat, patted Avery’s

and gestured to Avery, “What were you guys talking about?”

on her

She waited for a long time, but what Avery wanted to say remained

hand and gestured, “Avery, do I have a terminal illness?

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

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

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

as if a thunderbolt had struck her. She sat on the bed in

she regained her composure

too fast. I can’t