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.

her eyes, she said silently

after making a wish did

at the sight of Josephine’s frail

from earlier on had everything planned. out and

person was not there

pitiful it was to be stood up on

blew out the candles. The manager then proceeded to cut the cake

out a little plastic figurine from his pocket and passed it to Josephine. “This is a

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

the manager realized in

picked up a fork and took a bite of the

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

another bite, so she took her phone out and typed

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

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

left. She made a beeline for the trash can as soon

everything there was left in her stomach

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her system of the

her arms around herself

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

distance, Josephine caught sight of someone by

only to find that it

the person looked quite familiar, so she went up and patted the person

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

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

stared at the old lady and reached out for her hand, shaking her head to tell her

want this too?” The old lady looked Josephine up and

placed the cake she was holding on the ground and

old lady stared at Josephine’s hands, which seemed like butterflies fluttering around in the air under the dim

old lady shifted her gaze to look at Josephine’s

“Yes, I’m Josie. What are you doing

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 some stone

Josephine followed her.

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

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