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.

said silently to

making

manager sighed silently to himself at the sight of Josephine’s

earlier on had everything planned. out and had informed him that someone would be there soon. But it had been

and the person

pitiful it was to be stood up on one’s

eyes and blew out the candles. The manager then proceeded to cut the cake into pieces

when he took the cake from her. Then, he pulled out a little plastic figurine from his pocket and passed

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

manager realized

any more of their time, Josephine picked up a

the thick taste of cream entered her mouth, her stomach churned. However, she bit down on the urge to throw up and forced

take another bite, so she took her phone out and typed on it. “Thank

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

she couldn’t stomach any more of it, she got them to pack

a beeline for the trash

everything there was left in her stomach

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her system of 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

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

only to find

went up and patted the

startled and whipped around in shock.

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

and reached out for her hand,

lady looked Josephine up and down. She

ground and motioned, “Mrs. Jinkins, don’t you remember me? I’m

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

shifted her gaze to

her eyes. “Yes, I’m Josie. What are you

up a walking stick beside the trash can and

Josephine followed her.

household staff of the Alvarezs’, and was a trusty worker of Old Mr. Alvarez’s. She had been

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