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.

the cramped storage room, and though it wasn’t as spacious and luxurious

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

looked down at his wristwatch. to find that it was almost midnight. And…the

to the bedroom upstairs, all to no avail. As he searched for her, his expression darkened.

something, he hurried over to the walk–in wardrobe, pushed open the

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

Mrs. Alvarez gone

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

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

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

down at the last station, and headed to

part

of

they knew that Josephine had to

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

“Should I bring Mrs.

off the

enough of a

did not seem to go

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

very helpful and diligent. Not only did she

but she would also clean the tables after diners left without being asked to..

work, and they even felt bad for not paying

what Lewis believed, Josephine did not go back because she was suffering. In fact, she

her very well. They had their meals and went grocery shopping together. She

the delusion that she finally had a

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

was always practicing her

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

nodded as she

wasted your talent by having

food these days, so she

immediately rushed over to a corner where the

for quite a while, but all that

her on the back at the sight of

few breaths to steady herself before she straightened up and wiped