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…”

“Anny Louis, I think you want to enroll in more tutoring classes. Anyway, after your brother is born, no one has time to take care of your

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.

“When I come home, I will tell daddy you

chuckles, as if he was not ashamed of bullying the child.

knowing whether I should go upstairs or say something to Frances Louis.

“Sorry.”

He says

“What?” I ask confusingly.

come back. If Anny hadn't shown

Is Frances Louis caring

what we need. If mixed with emotion, it is not good for both of us.

fault. It has nothing to

say lightly and go

I am afraid that I could not conceal my feelings.

Frances Louis follows upstairs.

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

He opens the door of the room ahead of me.

“Here is a gift for you.”

He says, pointing into the

What

I feel puzzled and go into the room,

I see Susan Felton and Andrew Malan at

They are tied back to back, their mouths gagged with

a daze, looking not well.

Andrew Malan

His eyes glow fiercely as he looks at me.

His eyes are popping out. His staring frightens me.

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

I don’t believe David Gibbs when he says someone has caught them ahead of him.

my Frances Louis’s woman. They are at your

He leans lazily by the door, not even looking at them.

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 had