In My Desperate Time

Behind me, Mom whispers to Frances.

"What's wrong? Did you quarrel?"

I turn around and glare at Frances, my eyes speaking of death, deterring him from blabbering.

He looks at me dotingly and smiles at Mom, replying, "She warned me I should say no."

Damn it!

Why did he say that?

Mom rolls her eyes at me and pulls Frances' hand. "That's her. You must be more tolerant of her. Don't lower your opinion of her because of her flaws."

...

I feel embarrassed when she says that.

I don't understand why Mom has such a good impression of him on their first encounter.

Am I looking at the so-called bias from a woman toward her son-in-law?

Frances shakes his head and says something moving, his voice deep and melodious.

is. I even love all her

moment, I really want to

had been said by someone else, I would definitely get goosebumps all over

Frances said that, it sounded

an excuse to restrain my

be trying to gain

and Dad know how he used

for Prague,

She somehow knows what Frances fancies and cooked

she keeps helping Frances with the dishes, making Dad

take me

don't want to spend the night with him at all, so I say I

Frances also chooses

only two rooms. I have no choice but to sleep

the traveling, I fall asleep in bed fast after taking a

know when Frances comes out of the bathroom, but in

him these past few days, and he hasn't forced himself on me. He

I have been pretending not to know and

between