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.

anger as she tried to defend her son.

is,” Lewis interrupted

about Lewis, so she

to make the trip here, you know? Must

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

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

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?

went silent immediately once Robert said his

At the end of the day, it showed that he didn’t care about her at all, which led to him sweeping

Let me ask you this–are you still having dinner here or

bowed and stood there quietly. She could feel her eyelid burning in pain. It was

were shot at

the pain caused to her by the

“Is it necessary for us to stay here and have dinner

in return.

dinner for the rest of you

said made sense, everyone was clearly affected by the incident, so dinner wouldn’t go well

well. “It’s just a minor misunderstanding. We’re all

matter, you say?”

his face. Then, what do

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

what I mea-”

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

smiled and spoke up at that moment. “Let’s move to the dining room instead of hanging

around here

around his botore raising her head to glance at

Josephine as he raised his hand to

thinking that his concerned expression seemed

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

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

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

slowly guide her to jump into the water in search of the moon that could never be held with her hands. Then, she would slowly drown

the way from the shore. That man would witness her downfall with

gaze and looked down at her feet once more in order to conceal the thoughts that were reflected in

eye anymore. Instead, he took her hand and led

room.

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