In My Desperate Time

Whitney doesn’t need to hide her belly, but I am still carrying a secret.

A few days later, Steven tells me that it has been arranged for me to leave Virginia.

I can leave whenever I want to.

A long delay may cause trouble, so I book a ticket to leave on Thursday morning.

When Steven hands the ticket to me, he asks, “Are you sure about this?”

I suddenly pause.

My heart is painful when I think of Frances.

I’ve made the decision, and I’m prepared. However, I am still concerned about him.

Will I miss him after I leave? Will he remember me? Will he reconcile with Whitney, or will he hook up with other women?

I don’t want to talk about distressing things, so I force a smile and ask Steven, “You said you will look into my parents’ accident. How’s it?”

find some clues, someone in the dark will stop me. Don’t worry, I’ll work on it.

nod. Somehow

it’s better

afraid that Frances did it. If it’s true, how can I face him? Perhaps I won’t be able

in my wallet and go

leaving the morning after tomorrow, so I resign. If Silvia asks, I’ll tell her that I am

worry at all. Even if he is at home, he might not care whether I

what I think. However, in the evening, Frances goes straight to my room when he returns

“You resigned?”

am so shocked that I break out in a

“How did you know?”

went to Steven’s company today for business cooperation. I wanted to take you home after work, but you were not at the company. Why did you

to take a

or

says, “Well, if you are tired, don’t go to work anymore. You can

touching if he

he’s not. That’s so