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.

her for who she is.

I really want to

else, I would definitely get

when Frances said that, it sounded particularly

I finally find an excuse to restrain

must be trying

all, Mom and Dad know how he used to hurt

wouldn't have left for Prague,

to welcome us. She somehow knows what Frances fancies and cooked his

keeps helping Frances with the dishes, making

to take me back to

at all, so I say I want to catch up with my parents and

course, Frances also chooses

have no choice but to

all the traveling, I fall asleep in

know when Frances comes out of the bathroom, but in a daze, I feel

days, and he hasn't forced himself on me. He just insists

been pretending not to know and

between