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.

Dr. Halliday just sighed helplessly. “Alright, then. I’ll drop by and check on you tomorrow. You must write

down the things you recalled by then. Tomorrow, we’ll try to come up with solutions that might help you

out.”

Josephine nodded quietly.

Dr. Halliday shot her a meaningful look in response. Now that Josephine’s fever was already gone,

there was no need for him to continue staying in the mansion.

After leaving the mansion, he got into his car and dialed Lewis’ number.

The call was quickly answered. “How is she?”

Dr. Halliday replied, “She’s doing fine. I’ve prescribed some herbal medicine for her to improve her

health. Otherwise, she’ll just keep catching colds now and then.”

“Got it. Just send me a list of the herbal ingredients needed to brew the concoction. I’ll have someone

drop by the apothecary and pick it up.”

Dr. Halliday ended the call after that. Then, he added Lewis on WhatsApp before taking out a piece of

paper and a pen to write down the list of herbal ingredients for Josephine’s treatment. Then, he

snapped a picture of the list before sending it to Lewis.

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

medicinal herbs.

No matter what, he needed Josephine’s health to improve. If she really ended up getting diagnosed

with that disease, she might die before that disease progressed to the late stage.

That night, Conrad was the one who delivered the medication to Josephine’s doorstep. Lewis

had yet to go home.

Seated on the couch, Josephine crossed her legs and held a pen in her hand. She chewed on the

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tip of the pen, seemingly in deep thought.

When Conrad stepped forward to see what she was doing, he noticed the blank pages on the notebook

that she was planning to write in. The sight amused him, prompting him to ask, Madam, what are you

planning to write?”

Josephine raised her head to look at Conrad. She decided to write to him in her notebook. “I’m thinking

about what I want for dinner so that I can write it down.”

“Is that so? You can always text me what you want to eat in the future. There’s no need for you to go

through all this trouble.”

Josephine forced out a smile as she nodded slightly.

“Alright, it’s time for dinner. I’ll go ahead and brew the herbal medicine for you. President Alvarez asked

me to pick the medicinal herbs up before coming here.”

With pursed lips, the woman glanced at the bag filled with various herbs. However, she made no

gesture or wrote anything in response.

Conrad didn’t 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 leave.

The herbal concoction was quite bitter, causing Josephine’s expression to warp into one of discomfort.

After Conrad left, Josephine returned to the couch to continue thinking about the events she had

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

It was normal for her to remember them out of the blue, anyway.

If Josephine wanted to prove 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 Seth’s

hostage.

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

tragedy.

That morning, Josephine did her best to recall everything about those events, but she could. never

remember what they were.

She quickly picked up her pen and started writing the names “Lily, Seth, and Avery” on the notebook.

Those names would be the keywords of her core memories.

There was no need for 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 recalled everything about them during a random moment.

That night, Lewis didn’t return to Styx Mansion.

Josephine curled up on the couch and spent the night there. The next morning, Conrad, who had

dropped by to bring her breakfast, was the one who woke her

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The assistant was as meticulous as ever. He watched her eat her breakfast and take her medicine

before leaving the mansion.

Dr. Halliday arrived at the mansion that afternoon.

It was drizzling outside when the doctor knocked on the door hurriedly before entering the mansion.

The moment he put down his medical kit, he asked, “How is it, Madam? Did you

write anything down?”

Josephine nodded while passing him the notebook that had been sitting next to her.

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

the things you’ve written in this notebook?”

Josephine scooted over to take a peek at the contents. With an outstretched finger, she pointed at

Seth’s and Avery’s names, but the moment she noticed Lily’s name, a hint of confusion appeared in her

eyes.

In the end, she could only shake her head, indicating that she couldn’t remember anything.

“Did these events happen recently?”

Josephine nodded in response.

Dr. Halliday’s expression darkened immediately. He stared at Josephine, intending to say something,

but held his tongue at the very last minute.

“Madam, why don’t we go to the hospital right now?”

Josephine’s expression went stiff. She turned to stare at Dr. Halliday, an inquisitive look on her face.

The latter didn’t need to read her messages in order to know what she was thinking.

Dr. Halliday explained with a sigh, “I’m not confident in my speculation. That’s why I want you to get a

check-up at the hospital. Let’s go.”

Josephine pulled out her phone so that she could text Lewis.

The doctor quickly said, “I’ll call Mr. Alvarez, so you don’t have to send him any messages.”

After all, his words held more weight in comparison to Josephine’s text messages.

Dr. Halliday dialed Lewis’ number, but no one answered his call. He continued to call Lewis

twice in a row, but he quickly gave up once those calls didn’t go through.

“Forget about it. Let’s just go to the hospital now. I’ll explain to Mr. Alvarez later.”

Josephine bit her bottom lip before nodding in agreement.

She followed the doctor into his car and traveled to the hospital with him. After that, she went through a

battery of tests. It turned out that the results would only be out after 24 hours.

Dr. Halliday could only drive Josephine home for now.

“Madam, I’ll bring you the test results when I visit you tomorrow. You should rest for today.”

Josephine nodded slightly. After getting out of the car, she started walking toward the

mansion.

Lewis seemed to be extremely busy over the past few days, seeing as he had no plans to go home at

all. Josephine sat on the couch for a while before getting up and heading toward the

kitchen.

When Conrad dropped by the mansion with dinner in hand, he noticed Josephine busying away in the

kitchen.

“Madam, why are you cooking all of a sudden?”

Josephine turned around to look at Conrad before turning back to continue cooking.

The assistant looked around the kitchen, soon realizing she had prepared a feast. He wondered, “Is

she even capable of eating this much?”

Suddenly, Conrad didn’t have the heart to let Josephine know that Lewis had gone on a business trip

since the day before and that he would only return after a few days.