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.

spacious and luxurious as

would be if Lewis didn’t come for her

looked down at his wristwatch. to find that it was almost

to the bedroom upstairs, all

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

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

Mrs. Alvarez gone missing?”

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

his tone that something wasn’t right, so he immediately agreed and cut

track her down. All they needed to do was to check the CCTV outside Playtime to know in

saw that she got down at the last station, and headed

part

of

Josephine had

fixed

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

shut off

back when she’s had enough of a hard

to go as he

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

helpful and diligent. Not only did she wash the dishes

the tables after diners left without being asked to..

was very pleased with her work, and they even felt bad

back because she was suffering. In fact,

and went grocery shopping together. She

delusion that she finally had a home.

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

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

what she could cook, Mrs. Casio

nodded as she smiled brightly.

we’ve wasted your talent by having you

at the smell of food these days, so she

felt her stomach churn. She immediately rushed over to a corner where the rubbish bin

all

her on the back at the sight of that.

wiped her mouth. She touched