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.

slept in the cramped storage room, and though it wasn’t as spacious and luxurious as Lewis‘ mansion, she felt an inexplicable sense

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

down at his wristwatch. to find that it

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

walk–in wardrobe, pushed open the door, and found Josephine’s clothes still inside. His expression lightened up ever

to the living room and gave his assistant

Mrs. Alvarez gone

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

that something wasn’t right, so he immediately agreed

her down. All they needed to do was to check the CCTV

the last station, and headed to the older

part

of

they knew that Josephine had to be there.

at him and saw that his gaze was fixed on the footage. displayed on the monitor. His face held

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

cards. Lewis shut off the CCTV footage

had enough

to

business wasn’t great per se, but still, it buzzed with customers after work hours. However, as they

very helpful and diligent. Not only did she wash the dishes in the

the tables after diners

Casio was very pleased with her work, and they even

because she was suffering. In fact, she actually enjoyed

They had their meals and went grocery shopping together.

gave her the delusion that

cook basic meals, but Josephine already

difference in each dish, so Josephine was always practicing her culinary skills after

Casio was impressed. “Josie, you’ve learned to cook before, haven’t you?”

as she smiled brightly.

at all! Seems like we’ve wasted your talent by having you

food these days, so she was worried that she might just throw up in

about to say something, Josephine felt her stomach churn. She immediately rushed over to a corner where

while, but all that came out was

over to pat her on the back at

to steady herself before she straightened up and wiped her mouth. She touched her belly to gesture