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?

you?” The woman in the bed struggles to get up and glares at

I look at her, then I burst with anger.

wearing my nightgown, which looks so strange!

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 small dress like this?

“I haven't asked you who you are. Why are you wearing

I am so angry that I stretch out

me disdainfully, “I have money in plenty. But for me

Damn her! How could she wear my nightgown and disdain

enough, birds of a feather flock together. How dignified could Frank Noyes’s

a while and stops. I grab her and try to

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

mother’s words make

not, but whether I'll be back or not?

go.” As for the nightgown worn by that Moll, I definitely

But I still feel uncomfortable.