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 and glares at me.

then I burst with anger.

is wearing my nightgown, which looks so strange!

nightgown, which is size 4, is going to be stretched to explode by her body. Doesn’t

you are. Why are you wearing

that I stretch out to rip off her dress.

have money in

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

together. How dignified could Frank Noyes’s woman

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

pulls me back and says, “Jane Noyes, don't blame Moll. You didn’t come back these days. I called you but no

mother’s words make me bitterly disappointed.

Their 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

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

still feel