In My Desperate Time

It was a gift I bought for myself when I got my first salary. It cost me nearly four hundred dollars. The quality is very good and it is comfortable to wear.

“Mom, catch the thief!”

From the bed, suddenly comes the screaming of Frank Noyes.

Then my parents hurry in.

One holds a rolling pin, the other a cloth-drying pole.

Turning on the light and seeing me, they are stunned.

“What are you doing here?” My mother looks at me, her face scowling.

I can't help but want to laugh. That’s it. Does my coming affect their happy life?

But this is the house I rent, don’t they feel guilty?

bed struggles to get up and glares

I look at her, then I burst with anger.

wearing my nightgown,

This woman might weigh 140 pounds. My nightgown, which is size 4, is going to be stretched to explode by her body. Doesn’t she feel so

are. Why are you wearing my dress? Take it off!”

I am so angry that I stretch out to

The woman tries to hide away and says to me disdainfully, “I have money in plenty.

Damn her! How could she wear my nightgown

together.

hides for a while and stops.

My mother also panicked. She pulls me back and says, “Jane Noyes, don't blame Moll. You didn’t come back these days. I called you

My mother’s words make me bitterly

but whether I'll be back or not? Of course, I'm sure that they'd love

As for the nightgown worn by that Moll, I definitely don't want it anymore. I can think of it as a trash.

But I still feel uncomfortable.