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?”

clues, someone in the dark will stop me. Don’t worry,

nod. Somehow

better to find

little afraid of hearing the truth. I am afraid that Frances did it. If it’s true, how can I face him? Perhaps I won’t be able to love

the ticket in my wallet

so I resign. If Silvia asks, I’ll tell her that I

Frances, he’s not at home during the day, so I don’t have to worry at all. Even if he is at home, he might not care whether

I think. However, in the evening, Frances goes straight to my room

“You resigned?”

am so shocked that I break out in a cold

“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

too tired. I want to take

won’t believe me, or he will continue to question

are tired, don’t go to work anymore. You can

said is really touching if he is

not. That’s