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.

wasn’t as spacious and luxurious as

it would be if Lewis didn’t come

his wristwatch. to find that it was almost midnight.

upstairs, all to no avail. As he searched for

walk–in wardrobe, pushed open the door,

went back to the living room and gave his assistant a call. “Find out where

Mrs. Alvarez

a laugh, he said, “She’s enjoying a taste of freedom.”

tell from his tone that something wasn’t right, so

to check the CCTV outside Playtime to know in which

down at the last station, and

part

of

knew that Josephine

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

“Should I bring

her cards. Lewis shut off the CCTV

she’s had enough of a hard

to go as he wished.

after work hours. However, as they did not charge much for food, they did

only did she wash the dishes

tables after diners left without being asked to..

her work, and they even felt bad for not paying her any wages.

what Lewis believed, Josephine did not go back because

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

her the delusion that she finally had a

basic meals, but Josephine already knew how to do

Josephine was always practicing her

after Josephine showed them what she could cook, Mrs. Casio was impressed.

as she smiled brightly.

your talent by having you

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

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

retched for quite a while, but all that came out was

came over to pat her on the back at

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