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.

cramped storage room, and though it wasn’t as spacious and luxurious as Lewis‘ mansion, she felt an inexplicable sense of security.

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

mansion that night. He looked down at his wristwatch. to find that it was almost midnight. And…the mute wasn’t home yet.

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

to the walk–in wardrobe, pushed open the door, and found Josephine’s clothes still inside. His

living room and gave his assistant a call. “Find out where Josephine’s

Mrs. Alvarez gone missing?”

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

something wasn’t right, so he

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

got down at the last station, and headed to the

part

of

that Josephine had to be there.

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

assistant asked cautiously, “Should I bring Mrs.

Freeze all her cards. Lewis shut off

had enough of a hard time.”

not seem to go

se, but still, it buzzed with customers after work hours. However, as they did

was very helpful and diligent. Not only did she

would also clean the tables after diners left without

work, and they even felt bad for not paying

not go back because she was suffering. In fact,

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

delusion that she finally

Casio would teach her how to cook basic meals, but Josephine already

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

she could cook, Mrs. Casio was

as she

your talent by

hands. She got nauseous at the smell of food these days, so she was worried

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

all

to pat her on the back at the sight of that. “What’s

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