In My Desperate Time

May Wilson takes my computer away and gives it to Nicole Snow.

No!

Nicole Snow wouldn’t let me go if she saw the unfinished drawings.

“The computer is my personal property. It’s my privacy. You have no right to see it.”

I try to get my computer back, but May Wilson stops me and I can only watch Nicole Snow open my computer.

I really regret why I didn't set a password for my computer and why I put folders on the desktop. Nicole Snow opens the folder and checks.

My heart lifts, like being sent to the execution ground.

But Nicole Snow frowns.

Somehow, I feel strange.

May Wilson might have noticed. She walks up and looks at the screen with Nicole Snow, then she yells at me, “What's wrong with you, Jane Noyes? Is it fun to lie when you’ve already finished the work but pretending not do it yet?”

I go over and push them away. She is right. I really see the refined drawings on my computer.

All drawings are done.

refined better than

while sleepwalking. All I can think is...Did Frances Louis help me

wonder he tells me don’t worry. It turns out that he has done everything

to help me finish

a little

he shows. He must

Noyes, you think it’s funny?” May Wilson adds,

would turn out like this. I was almost afraid

have a high

“Do it quickly.”

a cold face, and goes back to her office.

admit that I did all job perfectly. May Wilson also goes back to her seat and rolls her eyes

close my computer, then go out to call

voice is lazy, with a light smile.

finish all work for me. Thank you,

feel embarrassed thinking that I said I would kick him

don't expect me to do all this work myself, do you?

My mouth twitches.

Louis is

think that Frances Louis would stay up all night for