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?

in the bed struggles to get up and glares

at her, then I burst with anger.

That woman is wearing my nightgown, which looks so strange!

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

who you are. Why are you wearing my dress? Take it

that I stretch out to rip off her dress.

to hide away and says to me disdainfully, “I have money in plenty. But for me forgetting taking nightgown, I would never wear your clothes!”

How could she wear my nightgown and

flock together. How dignified could Frank Noyes’s woman be?

she hides for a while and stops. I

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 we let Moll wear your clothes.”

make me bitterly

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 long as they have food and clothing.

my stuff and go.” As for the nightgown worn by that Moll, I definitely don't want it anymore. I can think

But I still