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?

woman in the bed struggles to get up and glares at

at her, then I burst with anger.

That 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 her body. Doesn’t she feel so tight to wear a small dress

are. Why are you wearing

that I stretch out

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

Damn her! How could she wear my nightgown and disdain

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

and stops. I grab her and try to rip off her clothes mercilessly.

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

make

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? Of course, I'm sure that they'd love it if I never came back, as long as they have food and clothing.

by that Moll, I definitely don't

But I still feel uncomfortable.