What Separates Me and You

What Separates Me and You

Chapter 24 He Doesn’t Want Us Anymore

Mr. Casio sighed. His heart ached for the young lady in front of him. Pushing the food to her, he urged, “Go on, tuck in. We don’t want the food to get cold.”

Josephine wiped her tears away and forced a smile.

She picked up a fork and ate hastily, stuffing her mouth.

From Mr. Casio’s point of view, she must have been starving for days.

As Josephine wolfed down the stroganoff, her tears kept falling into the plate and mixing in with the food that she ate.

The diner was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Casio, a middle–aged couple in their forties. They used to have a child, but the child had passed away due to a traffic accident.

They ran the diner and did what they could by trying their best to help people who couldn’t afford their meals.

Josephine sat in the diner for the entire afternoon and stayed on until after dark.

Mrs. Casio was quite worried about her, so she asked her husband, “This poor child, looks quite pitiful. Has she nowhere to go?”

“She can’t speak. I guess she’s looking for a job here.”

When most of the diners left for the night, Mrs. Casio approached Josephine. “Young lady, where do you stay?”

Josephine shook her head. She didn’t have a home. She hadn’t had one since she was five.

Mrs. Casio sighed. “Why don’t you stay here and work for us if you don’t have a place. to go? We have a storage room in the back where you can sleep. All you have to do is wash the dishes and keep the place clean during the day.”

Josephine was stunned. She looked at Mrs. Casio in wonder.

Mrs. Casio chuckled. “But we don’t make much too, so you’re not going to get any wages.”

Josephine nodded in agreement, and even though Mrs. Casio did not understand. sign language, Josephine still signed her a “Thank you“.

Mrs. Casio looked at her dazedly. She seemed to look past Josephine to a faraway place. “If my daughter was still alive, she’d be around your age.”

Josephine’s gaze was downcast as she kept silent.

They cleared out the storage room which had a metal bed frame in it. That was where they usually took a break after a long day in the diner.

storage room, and though it wasn’t as spacious and luxurious as Lewis‘ mansion, she felt

herself how nice it would be if Lewis didn’t come for her and she could keep staying

to an empty mansion that night. He looked down at his wristwatch. to find that it was almost midnight. And…the

the bedroom upstairs, all to no avail. As he searched for her,

he hurried over to the walk–in wardrobe, pushed open the door, and found Josephine’s clothes still inside. His expression lightened up ever so slightly.

gave his assistant

Mrs. Alvarez gone

a laugh, he said, “She’s

his tone that something wasn’t

All they needed to do was to check the CCTV outside Playtime to

saw that she got down at the last station, and

part

of

knew that Josephine

stole a glance at him and saw that his gaze was fixed on the footage. displayed on

cautiously, “Should I bring Mrs. Alvarez back?”

cards. Lewis shut off the

back when she’s had enough

to go as he

hours. However, as

very helpful and diligent. Not only did she wash the

would also clean the tables after diners left without being asked to..

her work, and they even felt bad for not paying her

to what Lewis believed, Josephine did not go back because she

treated her very well. They had their meals and went grocery shopping together. She had never felt this happy with Lewis.

almost gave her the delusion that she finally

basic meals, but Josephine

who could taste the most minute difference in each dish, so Josephine was always practicing

she could cook, Mrs. Casio was impressed. “Josie, you’ve learned to

as she smiled brightly.

like we’ve wasted your talent by

She got nauseous at the smell of food these days, so she was worried that she might just throw up

immediately rushed over to a corner where the rubbish bin was and started dry heaving.

while, but all that

on the back at the

up and wiped her mouth. She touched her belly to gesture that