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.

choked 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.

Lewis interrupted mercilessly.

do anything about Lewis, so she could only

it’s difficult for us to make the trip here, you know? Must everyone here target

don’t want to see us, there’s no 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 family, huh? That

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

enough! Are you not done squabbling yet?” Robert’s temper flared as well as he started. berating loudly It’s just a petty matter, 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 for gathering everyone

once Robert said

long speech he had just given At the end of the day, it

me ask you this–are you still

feel her eyelid burning in pain. It was true that

were shot

caused to her by the grief of being

“Is it necessary for us to stay here and have dinner with the rest of

at him coldly in return. “What did you just

it’s not necessary for us to stay here and have dinner for the rest of you now. Do you really think we can all

affected by the incident, so dinner wouldn’t

just a minor misunderstanding. We’re all family here,

small matter, you

froze on his face. Then, what do you

stared at him for a short while before a low chuckle escaped from his lips. “It seems that I’m making a fuss out of nothing.”

what

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

and spoke up at that moment. “Let’s move to

around here

her head to glance at him, a mildly glum

hand to stroke the injured spot

thinking that his concerned expression seemed

to behave like that Sometimes, he would be awfully close to her,

she would realize that everything was nothing but a facade that

of the cliff. There, she would voluntarily make

search of the moon that

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

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

anymore. Instead, he took her hand and

room.

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