In My Desperate Time

Frances is back tonight.

I am cooking when he comes.

On these days without him at home, I have cooked a lot by myself.

Seeing what I am doing, Frances does not say anything to sit by the table.

He has a look at my phone when I am bringing some dish to the table.

I have not closed the webpage of the news on my phone; he smiled slightly to say, “You read my news.”

I don’t reply him, just rolling my eyes at him.

Everyone knows Frances is somebody who is always trending in the social media. I cannot ignore him in these news.

Then I tell him, “Since I read the big news of today, you are there.”

Frances keeps laughing, “Do you feel bad with it?”

He looks so happy to make fun of me.

Smith is his younger sister. Now I believe what was reported in the news

Frances supposes me to know nothing about them, I pretend to be ignorant

in the world; that’s none of my business. I have my own

smile, I start to eat

seems to be annoyed and goes upstairs.

finish the meal?”

have no appetite today.”

irritated too

soon as passing by the bedside table, I am surprised to see the new box of condoms.

use condoms on my ovulation, yet I forgot to buy and take the morning-after

In the early morning of the next day, I rush to the pharmacy and get one after pill to take. I know in my

pharmacy, I find someone might be following me behind for

feel disturbed for

am sure

don’t turn back to check it. But from some glass door nearby,

call a taxi to take me to the office.

car still parking not far from the gate of the office.

they do to me for following