What Separates Me and You

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.

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

is,” Lewis

about Lewis, so she could only turn around

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

this manor! This asn’t a diner gathering it’s a controntation! In the end, we’re still outsiders in this family, huh?

she heard Lily’s accusatory speech. She took the initiative to speak up immediately Lily, that’s where you’re wrong If we truly viewed you 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 test of us When

berating loudly It’s just a petty matter, yet all of you insist on making a big deal out of it! Should

once Robert said

despite the long speech he had just given At the end of the day, it showed that he didn’t care about her at all, which led to him sweeping the matter under

me ask you this–are you still having dinner here or not?”

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

shot at

to her by the grief of being alienated and neclected by everyone.

“Is it necessary for us to stay here

gazed at him coldly in return. “What did you

“I said it’s not necessary for us to stay here and have dinner for the rest of

said made sense, everyone was clearly affected by the incident, so dinner

atmosphere as well. “It’s just a minor misunderstanding. We’re all family here, so we can’t ruin the harmony

small matter,

smile froze on his face. Then,

for a short while before a low chuckle escaped from his lips. “It seems that I’m making

what

dinnertime already? Shall we eat?” Lewis interrupted Derek’s words abruptly, now wearing a normal expression. It was as though he wasn’t the one

that moment. “Let’s move to the dining room instead of

around here

to glance at him, a mildly glum expreston

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

back, thinking that his concerned expression seemed genuine.

that Sometimes, he would be awfully close to her, making him seem like a moon’s reflection that could be

touch the reflected moon oft the surface, she would realize that everything was nothing but a facade that would

the edge of the cliff. There, she would voluntarily make the final leap into the

and slowly guide her to jump into the water in search of the moon that could never be held with her

from the shore. That man would

in order to conceal the

didn’t comment on her eye anymore. Instead, he took her hand and led her

room.