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?

are you?” The woman in the bed struggles to get up

I look at her, then I burst

woman is wearing my nightgown, which looks so strange!

This woman might weigh 140 pounds. My nightgown, which is size 4, is going to be stretched to explode by

haven't asked you who you are. Why are

angry that I stretch out to

“I have money in plenty. But for me forgetting

Damn her! How could she wear my nightgown and disdain it!

together. How dignified could

while and stops. I grab her and try

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 but no one answered. We all think that you will never come back, so

words make me bitterly disappointed.

don't answer the phone is not caring whether I'm ok or not, but whether I'll be back or not? Of course, I'm sure that they'd love it if I never came back, as

“I'll get my stuff and go.” As for the nightgown worn by that Moll, I

But I still feel