In My Desperate Time

“Who’s that?” I can guess but not sure about my answer.

Lawrence says, “It’s too much to say it here. We should go somewhere causal and talk about details.”

In his view, some bars should be casual enough for us to have a longer talk.

Finally, he takes me one quieter bar different from those I have been to before.

There is a woman singing on the middle of the stage; the audience keeps listening quietly.

Lawrence watched the singer. I followed his eyes to look at her to find she is really similar to Whitney Jordan. The two women almost look the same.

I have to tell him, “She looks like Whitney.”

Lawrence laughs, “I know.” And then he looks at the singer tenderly one more time.

Immediately from his eyes, I realize he gets a lot of problems or concerns in his mind.

ask him, “You know

he turns to look at me and answers with a smile, “Of course. Actually, she

many wealthy families

further, “She is

is the last person whom I would like to meet in the world. Just now Lawrence told me he is Whitney’s elder brother; he knows Frances as Whitney’s husband and Frances has an affair with me. However, Whitney has never got to know something about Frances and me from Lawrence. It is obviously unusual. So, I am confused why he

Whitney is someone with great pride, never treating me as her

confuse me more.

which I suppose they get along very well. But it might not be the truth. Is that the reason he did not tell her anything about Frances and

you

the woman singer just finishes a song to walk to us.

smiles and shakes head to her who turns around at once.

think they are strangers. I still feel something unusual by instinct, but cannot get to

“Be good to Frances as much as you

astonished by what he

he does not get along very well with Whitney, he should not talk with me about it. Whitney will hate

him, “Why did you say it?”