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.

it wasn’t as spacious and luxurious as Lewis‘ mansion, she

if Lewis didn’t come for her and she could

empty mansion that night. He looked down at his wristwatch.

the bedroom upstairs, all

walk–in wardrobe, pushed open the door,

and gave his assistant a call. “Find out

Alvarez gone missing?”

took a long drag. With a laugh, he said, “She’s enjoying a

that something wasn’t right,

needed to do was to check the CCTV outside Playtime to

at the

part

of

that Josephine had

his gaze was fixed on the footage. displayed on the monitor. His face

I bring Mrs. Alvarez back?”

Lewis shut off the CCTV footage and smirked.

she’s had enough of a hard time.”

did not seem to go as he

but still, it buzzed with customers after work hours. However, as they did not charge much for food, they did not

Not only did she wash the dishes in the

tables after diners left

with her work, and

believed, Josephine did not go back because she was suffering.

They had their meals and went grocery shopping

the delusion that she finally

would teach her how to cook basic meals, but Josephine

was always practicing

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

she smiled

like we’ve wasted your talent by having you wash dishes! Should you be a chef here?”

of food these days, so she was worried that she

her stomach churn. She immediately rushed

for quite a while, but all

to pat her on the back at the sight of that. “What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”

took a few breaths to steady herself before she straightened up and wiped her mouth. She touched her belly to gesture that