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.

better than

All I can think is...Did Frances Louis help me with that?

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

night to help me finish

a little moved by

not seem as cold as he shows. He must stay

think it’s funny?” May Wilson adds,

things would turn out like this. I was almost

me to spare this crisis. I can’t tell them truth, “I have a high requirement for my work, so I want to check it again before handing

“Do it quickly.”

cold face, and goes back to

did all job perfectly. May Wilson also goes back to her seat and

close my computer, then go out to call Frances Louis.

want to thank me?” Frances Louis's voice is lazy,

you would finish all work for me. Thank you, Frances Louis, for staying up all night for me.”

said I would kick him out of bed.

expect me to do all this

My mouth twitches.

that Frances Louis is a

Frances Louis would stay up all night for me.