In My Desperate Time

Found them?

I stand up, I feel excitement rising in me.

The other two are bribed into this, so as long as we can offer the money, they will surely tell us the truth.

"Okay, tell me the address, I will be there in a second."

But, I don't know how much money they will ask me for, will they start with a huge amount?

I don't have that much, but I know someone else who does.

Usually, I don't sue his money, but this is not usually, there is nobody else I can ask. This is my own matter, I cannot ask Mindy to pay this money for me.

"Uhm, Frances, I need to go out for something, can you give me some money?"

I look at him embarrassed, and hesitate to ask.

"Where are you going?"

I thought he will ask me how much money I need, but I have not guessed this will be his first question.

His focus lays on something else than mine.

to go shopping with her, I want to buy some bags and shoes, I want to buy

you are thinking about shopping?"

my excuse seems a

don't know how to lie,

what I say, he

I said already, there

I?" I look at him with eyes of a poor, wronged girl, I

at me in a long gaze, and then sighs, he takes out a bank card from his bag and hands it

in that card,

over his card excited, and tell him, "I will pay you back when I have

run out with the card in my pocket, to the address

us, and asked both of

are both working in this club as

those two. One of them tied me and dragged me onto the

of them, the pain of the memories come

breaths before I have enough courage to go

perplex, then they look away. I

down beside Mindy,

get too excited,

turn around and smile

cannot face all this, I would