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,

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

silently to himself at the sight

everything planned. out and had

the person was

was to be

manager then proceeded to cut

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

nodded with a smile on her

that the manager realized in astonishment that Josephine

Josephine picked

mouth, her stomach churned. However, she bit down on the urge to throw up

another bite, so she took her phone out and

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

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

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

everything there was left in her

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system of the

arms around herself tightly. The moisture

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

Josephine caught sight of someone by the trash can not

person, only to find that it was an old

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

was startled and whipped around in shock. She heaved a sigh

she hid behind her, the old lady

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

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

she was holding on the ground and

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

lady shifted her gaze to look at Josephine’s face. Her voice wavered.

eyes. “Yes,

grown so much.” Mrs. Jinkins sighed as tears streamed down her face. She picked up a walking stick beside the trash can and

Josephine followed her.

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

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