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.

You must write down the things you recalled by then. Tomorrow, we’ll try to come up with solutions

Josephine nodded quietly.

response. Now that Josephine’s fever was already gone, there was no need for

mansion, he got into his

answered. “How is

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

of the herbal ingredients needed to brew the concoction. I’ll have someone drop by the apothecary and pick it up.”

of paper and a pen to write

forwarded the picture to Conrad afterward so that

medicinal herbs.

diagnosed with that disease, she might die before that disease progressed

delivered the medication to

yet to

held a pen

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of the pen, seemingly in deep thought.

noticed the blank pages on the notebook that she was planning to write in.

at Conrad. She decided to write to him in her notebook. “I’m thinking about what I want for dinner so that I can

me what you want to eat in the future. There’s no need for you to go

forced out a smile as she nodded

herbal medicine for you. President Alvarez

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

bother to wait for her reply as well. He entered the kitchen so that he could get the concoction started. Once Josephine was done with dinner, he waited for her to swallow the medication before taking his

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

Josephine returned to the couch to continue thinking about the events she had forgotten. It was

her to remember them

was problematic, she could only force herself to recall the core events that affected her life-for example, the

also a core memory as well, not

did her best to recall everything about those

the names “Lily, Seth, and Avery” on the notebook. Those names would be the keywords of her core memories.

her to try to remember the incidents related to them on purpose, seeing as she didn’t know what exactly she had forgotten in the first place. She would only realize the truth once she finally

Lewis didn’t return

The next morning, Conrad, who

as meticulous as ever. He watched her eat her breakfast and take her medicine before leaving

arrived at the mansion that afternoon.

drizzling outside when the doctor knocked on the door hurriedly before entering the mansion. The moment he

write anything down?”

the notebook that had been

you able to remember anything related to the things you’ve

finger, she pointed at Seth’s and Avery’s names, but the

eyes.