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

I look 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

are. Why are you wearing my dress?

I stretch

away and says to me disdainfully, “I have money in plenty. But for me forgetting

she wear my nightgown

of a feather flock together. How dignified could Frank Noyes’s woman

fat, she hides for a while and stops. I grab her

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

My mother’s words make

first thought they have when I don't answer the phone is not caring whether I'm ok or not, but whether I'll be back or not?

my stuff and go.” As for the nightgown worn by that Moll,

But I still feel uncomfortable.