What Separates Me and You

Chapter 133 He’d Know About It Sooner or Later

Josephine’s eyes slowly went wide. What was that? She seemed to recall having heard of that disease before.

Dr. Halliday steeled his heart before explaining, “In other words, it’s dementia. Then again, please don’t let it bother you too much, Madam. You’re still very young, so it’s unlikely that you’ll be diagnosed with this disease. I think the possibility of you receiving brain damage in the past is higher. Did you happen to hurt your head in the past?”

Josephine nodded in response. During her three-day captivity in Seth’s hideout, she had lost count of how many times she fell and bumped her head.

Dr. Halliday let out a relieved sigh. “Then that should be the case. You don’t have to worry about this. Treating dissociative amnesia is much easier than treating Alzheimer’s disease.”

Upon hearing the doctor’s words, Josephine let out a sigh of relief as well.

However, Dr. Halliday continued, “Just in case, you should visit the hospital and get a

thorough check-up.”

Josephine pursed her lips. Suddenly, she was afraid of visiting the hospital. If she were to get diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, she wouldn’t know what to do.

She was already a mute, to begin with. If she were to be reduced to a forgetful idiot, she couldn’t imagine how difficult her life would be.

Josephine managed to type out the next message with shaky fingers. “W-What will happen to mei-if I have t-that disease?”

Dr. Halliday explained, “Alzheimer’s is a very complicated disease. It’s a disease where your nervous system slowly deteriorates over time. Even though it’s not life-threatening, it will still cause the patient to forget how to fulfill basic needs during the late stage, such as eating, using the toilet, or even walking. The biggest obstacle for the patient isn’t the disease itself, but rather, the inability to survive on their own.”

The more the doctor spoke, the more hesitant he became. Even though Josephine was still very young, there were still cases where young people were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

Josephine bit her bottom lip as she lowered her head quietly.

After a long time, she finally started typing on her phone. “Dr. Halliday, can you please not tell anyone about my condition, no matter what the diagnosis is?”

Dr. Halliday looked perplexed when he saw the request. “Are you still not planning on telling President Alvarez?”

Josephine nodded in response.

“Why? Isn’t he your husband? How can you get treated if you don’t tell him anything?”

The woman clenched her fists for a moment before finally typing another message for the doctor. “I don’t want him to worry about me.”

Dr. Halliday was stunned for a moment. He could understand why Josephine didn’t want to let Lewis know about her condition. “Then again, he’ll still find out about your illness sooner or later, even if you don’t say anything.”

Josephine shrugged before writing her next message. “I’ll deal with that when the time comes.

”

Not wanting Lewis to worry about her was just an excuse. Josephine was afraid to see the cold disdain shining in his eyes when he found out about her illness.

The fact that she was a mute was enough to make Lewis hate her.

check on you tomorrow. You must write down the things you recalled by then.

Josephine nodded quietly.

Now that Josephine’s fever was already gone, there was no need for him to continue staying

mansion, he got into his car

call was quickly answered. “How

doing fine. I’ve prescribed some herbal medicine for her to improve her health. Otherwise, she’ll just

a list of the herbal ingredients needed to brew the concoction. I’ll have someone drop by

a pen to write down the list of herbal ingredients for Josephine’s

forwarded the picture to Conrad afterward so that he could go ahead and pick

medicinal herbs.

he needed Josephine’s health to improve. If she really ended up getting diagnosed with

one who delivered the

to go home.

on the couch, Josephine crossed her legs and held

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of the pen, seemingly in deep

doing, he noticed the blank pages on the notebook that she was planning to write in. The sight amused him, prompting him to ask,

him in her notebook. “I’m thinking about what I want for dinner so that

in the future. There’s no need for you to go through all this trouble.”

a smile as she nodded

I’ll go ahead and brew the herbal medicine for you. President Alvarez asked me to pick the medicinal herbs up before

lips, the woman glanced at the bag filled with various herbs. However,

kitchen so that he could get the concoction started.

quite bitter, causing Josephine’s expression to warp into one

had forgotten. It was very difficult for her to remember things like that on

to remember them out

her memory was problematic, she could only force herself to recall the core events that affected her life-for example, the memories of the three days she had spent as

event that led to Avery leaving Elysium was also a core memory as well, not to mention. Lily’s tragedy.

best to recall everything about those events, but she could. never remember what they

names “Lily, Seth, and Avery” on the notebook. Those names would be

them on purpose, seeing as she didn’t know what exactly she had forgotten in the first place. She would only realize the

didn’t return to Styx Mansion.

spent the night there. The next morning, Conrad, who had dropped by to

as meticulous as ever. He watched her eat

Halliday arrived at the

the doctor knocked on the door hurriedly before entering the mansion. The moment he put down his medical kit, he asked, “How is

write anything down?”

that

flipped through the notebook. “What’s this? Are you able to remember anything related to the things

finger, she pointed at Seth’s and Avery’s

eyes.