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 herself,

Blowing out candles after making a wish did not work. She’d tried

himself at

earlier on had everything planned. out and

and the person was not

it was to be stood up on

manager then proceeded to cut the cake into

with them. The manager smiled when he 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

the figurine and took it. She nodded with a smile on her face. and

realized in

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

entered her mouth, her stomach churned. However, she bit

her phone out and typed

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

stomach any more of

left. She made a beeline for

everything there was left in

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system of the

the wind at night was frigid. She wrapped her arms around herself tightly. The

deserted pavement, the dim streetlights cast long shadows around her. She walked slowly, stepping on her own

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

person, only to find that it was an old

quite familiar, so she went up and patted

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

she hid behind her, the old lady began eating it in

her hand, shaking her head to tell her to

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

was holding on the ground and motioned, “Mrs.

which seemed like butterflies fluttering around in the air under

later, the old lady shifted her gaze to look

eyes. “Yes,

walking stick

Josephine followed her.

a household staff of the Alvarezs’, and was a trusty worker of Old Mr. Alvarez’s. She had been the one to take care of Josephine ever since she

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