What Separates Me and You

Chapter 53

Chapter 53 Witnessing Her Downfall

Everything happened too fast. Since Josephine didn’t make any noise after the bullet was shot in her face, everyone thought that Caleb was just pretending to shoot at her.

“Josephine!” Of course, Lewis witnessed the scene. He quickly reached out to steady her on her

feet.

Josephine was in so much pain that a burst of colors exploded before the darkness that was known as her vision. She almost lost her balance due to the pain.

Only when Lewis shouted her name did everyone finally turn around to see what happened. Then, they realized Caleb had just shot Josephine.

Lily quickly wrapped her arms around Caleb and pulled him away while pretending to be mad at him. “Behave, Caleb!”

However, Caleb refused to obey her command. Instead, he struggled against his restraints because he wanted to shoot Josephine again. His father, Derek Moss, quickly put a stop to his mischievous

antics.

“Now is not the time for you to fool around, Caleb! Hand over your toy!” Derek grabbed the toy gun intending to snatch it from his son’s hands but the latter continued hugging it to his chest

stubbornly.

“It’s mine!”

Lewis let go of Josephine’s hand so that he could check her eye’s condition. Fortunately, the bullet only made contact with the corner of her eye, but thanks to the shot, her eye was completely red.

He tilted his head to look at Caleb, who forgot to react out of fear toward his icy gaze.

Lily quickly did her best to ease the atmosphere. She approached Josephine and pretended to examine her reddened eye in concern. “I think she’s fine. It’s just a toy gun, so the impact

shouldn’t hurt.”

However, Josephine’s affected eye was extremely red. The spot that was hit by the bullet started to show flecks of blue and purple as well, signifying the formation of a bruise.

Lewis glanced in Lily’s direction. “How did you know that it wouldn’t hurt at all, Lily?”

“It’s just a rubber bullet, isn’t it? How much pain can it cause? Lewis, I know you care about Josephine a great deal, but you shouldn’t be arguing with a child over this petty matter.”

“Then, should I argue with you over this so–called petty matter? As his mother, how are you going to resolve this situation?” A trace of mockery flashed across Lewis‘ eyes.

on her words the moment she heard Lewis‘ answer. She tried to suppress her anger as she tried to defend her son. “It’s just a toy gun. Is it really necessary for you to-”

is,” Lewis interrupted mercilessly.

do anything about Lewis, so she

“Dad, it’s difficult for us to make the trip

need to invite us back to this manor! This asn’t a diner gathering it’s a controntation! In the end, we’re still outsiders in this

and Youn tamly as outsiders, we wouldn’t have invited you here in the first place. It’s fine for you to be angry but don’t splash mud on the

yet all of you insist on making a big deal out of it! Should I build a stage for you to continue acting out this drama for the rest of us? Am I the one to be blamed

women went silent immediately once Robert

he had just given At the end of the day, it showed that he didn’t care about her at

you still

quietly. She could feel her eyelid burning in pain. It was true that rubber bullets weren’t

were shot

her by the

here and have

coldly in return.

have dinner

was clearly affected by the incident, so dinner

stepped forward and tried to ease the atmosphere as well. “It’s just a minor misunderstanding. We’re all family here, so we can’t ruin the harmony between us just because of a small matter.”

small matter, you say?”

on his face. Then, what do

for a short while before a low chuckle escaped from his lips. “It seems

what I

a normal expression. It was as though he wasn’t the

“Let’s

around here

raising her head to glance at him, a mildly glum expreston

look at Josephine as he raised his hand to stroke the injured spot Are you still in

stated back, thinking that his concerned expression seemed genuine.

her, making him seem like a moon’s reflection that could be easily

attempted to touch the reflected moon oft the surface, she would realize that everything was

the sort of person who would slowly lend Josephine to the edge of the cliff. There, she would

water in search of the moon

be watching her struggle all the way from the shore. That man would witness her downfall with a

in order to conceal the thoughts

on her eye anymore. Instead, he took her hand and led

room.

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