What Separates Me and You

Chapter 28

Chapter 28 Happy Birthday

The smile froze on Sierra’s face. She struggled for quite a while before finally managing what seemed like a smile.

“I was just joking! What’s gotten into you, why are you being so fierce?”

The corners of Lewis’ lips raised as he chuckled. “I was just kidding too.”

People in the restaurant came and left, and still, Josephine waited silently. An hour passed, and then another. Still, there was no sign of Lewis.

She rested her chin on her hand, gazing out the window at all the lights out there. One by one they went out, and the bustling crowd on the road dwindled gradually.

Soon, the diners in the restaurant left too.

The lights outside were slowly switched off, and in the end, even the lights inside the restaurant were switched off.

The person who promised to celebrate her birthday with her never showed up.

“Mrs. Alvarez,” someone called out behind her.

Josephine snapped out of her reverie and turned around. It was the manager followed by two waitstaff standing beside her.

The manager smiled and said, “We’re closing.”

Josephine looked around her in the dim lights of the restaurant to find that everyone else had left.

She wasn’t exactly disappointed. After all, she was already used to it.

She hadn’t waited that long either. It had just been five hours. Compared to how long she had waited for him in the past, five hours wasn’t that much.

Just as Josephine got up and was about to leave, one of the waiters brought out a cake.

“Mrs. Alvarez, it’s your birthday today. This is a cake that’s been prepared for you in advance. Happy birthday!”

The waiter put the cake in front of her, and the manager said, “It’s almost 12, have some cake before you leave, or you can make a wish.”

Josephine felt that the flickering candles on the cake were not well wishes. Instead, they were the manager’s pity and sympathy toward her.

She tried very hard to put on a smile, although it did not turn out pretty.

she said silently to

make a wish, Blowing out candles after making a wish

at the sight of

from earlier on had everything planned. out and had informed him that someone would

the person was not there

pitiful it was to be stood up on

out the candles. The manager then proceeded to cut the cake into pieces for

took the cake from her. Then, he pulled out a little plastic figurine from his pocket and passed it to Josephine. “This is a souvenir from our restaurant. Please take

and took it. She nodded with a

was then that the manager realized

any more of their time, Josephine picked up a fork and took a

the thick taste of cream entered her mouth, her stomach churned. However, she bit down on the urge

not take another bite, so she took her phone out and typed

home, Mrs. Alvarez. Shall we pack this cake up

the cake. Although she couldn’t stomach any more of it, she got them to pack

made a beeline

left in

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of the thick

arms around herself tightly. The moisture in the air was so chilly that her nose

shadows

slight distance, Josephine caught sight of someone by the trash can not too

only to

looked quite familiar, so she went

lady was startled and whipped around in shock. She heaved a sigh of relief when she saw

the half-eaten bun which she hid behind her, the old lady

reached out for her hand, shaking her head to tell her

this too?” The old lady looked Josephine up and down. She didn’t look like she

the ground and motioned,

like butterflies fluttering around in the air under the dim illumination of

while later, the old lady shifted her gaze to look

with tears in her eyes. “Yes, I’m Josie. What

so much.” Mrs. Jinkins sighed as tears streamed down her face. She picked up a walking stick beside the trash can and hobbled over to take a seat on

Josephine followed her.

trusty worker of Old Mr. Alvarez’s. She had been the one to take care of Josephine ever since she came to the Alvarez

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