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 as Lewis‘ mansion, she felt an inexplicable sense

and thought to herself how nice it would be if Lewis didn’t come for her and she could keep staying here until the baby was born.

an empty mansion that night. He looked down at his wristwatch.

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

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

his assistant a call.

Mrs. Alvarez gone missing?”

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

could tell from his tone that something wasn’t right, so he immediately agreed and cut the call.

wasn’t difficult to track her down. All they needed to do was to check the CCTV outside Playtime to know in which direction she

at the

part

of

they knew that Josephine had to be

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

I bring

off the CCTV footage

back when she’s had enough of

seem to go

with customers after work hours. However, as they did not charge

helpful and diligent. Not only did she wash

the tables after diners left without being

work, and they even felt bad for not paying her

not go back because she

and Mrs. Casio treated her very well. They had their meals and went

her the delusion that she

her how to cook basic meals, but Josephine already knew how to do that.

the most minute difference in each dish, so Josephine was always practicing her

Casio was impressed. “Josie, you’ve

as she smiled brightly.

all! Seems like we’ve wasted your talent by having you wash dishes! Should you be a chef here?”

of food these days, so she was worried that she might

immediately rushed over to a corner where the rubbish bin was and started

while, but all that

back at the sight of that. “What’s wrong? Are

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