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?”

investigating. However, every time I find some clues, someone in the dark will stop me. Don’t worry, I’ll work on it. And I’ll let you

nod. Somehow I feel

it’s better to

it’s

in my

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

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

Frances

“You resigned?”

I break out in a cold sweat, but I pretend to

“How did you know?”

take you home after work, but you were not at the company. Why did you resign?” Frances asks in a

tired. I want to take a rest.”

or he will continue to question

work anymore. You can just stay

he said is really touching if he

not. That’s so