In My Desperate Time

I consider submitting evidence of Whitney mistreating her child but the fact of the matter is I don’t have any evidence. Not only that, the mark on the child is now gone. Thus, I can't accuse Whitney of child abuse.

Does it mean that I will have to accept that Earl is taken away by Whitney just like that? I can’t accept that. This feeling is like a chunk of flesh being cut from my body. I don’t know why I feel so sad but inside me, I really can’t bear to leave Earl.

“Frances.” I look at him in despair and hope that he can think of something.

He can only shake his head helplessly in return. “I’m sorry, Jane, I already tried my best.”

The court ruled that Frances must return the child to Whitney within three days. Now I only want to go home quickly to spend the precious time with Earl.

I leave to go home first. I am stopped by Whitney as I reach the entrance of the Courts. She looks at me and says sarcastically, “How? I said that I would get custody of the child and I will definitely get it. At most, I’ll just admit that the child isn’t Frances’. It isn’t a loss to me.” Whitney says complacently to me. Truthfully, I don’t understand why she tells

to spite Frances. But yet, all these words pierce

all

custody of the child. It appears that you

I the cause for

don’t understand this. Frances’s divorce from her has nothing to do with me. Furthermore, she is the one who harms me all this

to you but harm

because I am hoping that if he treats Whitney with more tenderness, perhaps she will give him custody of the

reveals a hint of hurt. She loves Frances and how can she not be hurt