In My Desperate Time

To be exact, she is a little girl.

She is the little girl who saved me three days ago.

Why is she here?

I don't think Frances Louis would have received her here to thank her for saving my life.

Because he doesn’t even know I am hurt.

“Aunty, you come back.” The little girl sees me and runs to me happily.

I can’t stand her enthusiasm.

“Anny, don’t hurt her.” Frances Louis warns her.

The little girl stops pouncing on me.

She turns to Frances Louis in discontent and says, “Uncle, she has been discharged from the hospital. You are too melodramatic.”

Uncle?

It turns out that she is Frances Louis' niece, so she insists on calling me aunty that day. Did she know my relationship with Frances Louis? At her age, she must know what a mistress means.

For a moment, I feel a little embarrassed.

I feel like laughing. Did she just say Frances Louis melodramatic? This is the first time I've ever heard that word used to describe him. Thinking carefully, it is true.

“You know I am injured?” I walk over and ask Frances Louis in a low voice.

He raises his eyebrows. Yes, He does.

Knowing that Frances Louis and I have a shady relationship, he would definitely not come to see me when I am in hospital. But I still feel a trace of loss.

“Aunty I tell you; my uncle is so melodramatic. These days, he wants to see you in the hospital so much, but…”

enroll in more tutoring classes. Anyway, after your brother is born, no one has time to take care of your study, so you'd

swallowed down her throat. Half of what she said really catches my attention. I wonder what she will say next. But looking at her like this, I should have no chance to listen.

will tell daddy you bully me.”

bag and runs out. Frances Louis chuckles, as if he

I stand there, not knowing whether I should go upstairs or say something to Frances Louis.

“Sorry.”

says suddenly.

“What?” I ask confusingly.

Malan to come back. If Anny hadn't shown up, the

Is Frances Louis caring about ne?

and me is to get what we need. If mixed with emotion, it is not good for both

It has nothing to do with

lightly and go upstairs.

any longer, I am afraid that I

Frances Louis follows upstairs.

go to his room, so I don’t say anything. But I don’t expect him to stop

the door of the room ahead of me.

“Here is a gift for you.”

He says, pointing into the room.

What gift?

into the room, then turn

see Susan Felton and Andrew Malan at first sight.

They are tied back to back, their mouths gagged with

They are both in a daze, looking not well. They look as if they have suffered

light, Andrew Malan moves his body and

His eyes glow fiercely as he looks at me.

out. His staring frightens

look at Frances Louis and ask, “What happened? Why are they here?”

when he says someone has caught them ahead

my Frances Louis’s woman. They

He leans lazily by the door, not

were gone. By Frances Louis’s temperament, I would estimate that Andrew Malan and his