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…”

your brother is born, no one has time to

Anny Louis's face suddenly changes and everything she wants to say was swallowed down her throat. Half of what she said really catches my attention. I wonder

“When I come home, I will tell daddy

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

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

“Sorry.”

He says

I ask

come back. If Anny hadn't shown up, the consequences would have

Is Frances Louis caring about ne?

Frances Louis and me is to get what we need. If mixed with emotion, it is

Andrew Malan’s fault. It has nothing to do with you.”

I say lightly and go upstairs.

I stay any longer, I am afraid that

Frances Louis follows upstairs.

I think he will go to his room, so I don’t say anything. But I don’t expect

He opens the door of the

“Here is a gift for you.”

He says, pointing into

What gift?

I feel puzzled and go into the room, then turn on the light.

Susan Felton and Andrew Malan at first

tied back to back, their mouths

not well. They look as if they have suffered

of light, Andrew Malan moves his body

His eyes glow fiercely as he looks at me.

popping out. His staring frightens me.

to look at Frances Louis and ask, “What happened? Why

someone has caught

Frances Louis’s woman. They are at

He leans lazily by the door, not even looking

The day I went into the hospital, Andrew Malan and his mother were gone. By Frances Louis’s temperament, I would estimate that Andrew Malan and his mother haven’t