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 to herself, “Happy

making a wish

himself at

The man from earlier on had everything planned. out and had informed him that someone would be there

and the person was not there

was to be stood up on

out the candles. The manager then proceeded to

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 restaurant. Please take it

with a smile on her face. and

was then that the manager realized in astonishment that Josephine couldn’t

picked up a

her stomach churned. However, she bit down

she took her phone out and typed on it. “Thank you, I’ll make a

Alvarez. Shall

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

She made a beeline for the trash

up everything there was left in

Chapter 28 Happy

system of

wrapped her arms around herself tightly.

deserted pavement, the dim streetlights cast long shadows around

caught sight of someone by the

approached the person, only to find that it was an old

familiar, so she went up and patted

and whipped around in shock. She heaved

which she hid behind her,

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

Josephine up and down. She didn’t look like she was short of

placed the cake she was holding on the ground and motioned, “Mrs. Jinkins, don’t

like butterflies fluttering around in the air under the dim

gaze to look at Josephine’s face. Her

her eyes. “Yes, I’m Josie.

her face. She picked up a walking stick beside the trash can and hobbled over to take

Josephine followed her.

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

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