In My Desperate Time

I really need that five million of the design competition now.

So I call Nicole quickly to ask her how to register and the exact theme of the competition.

She is very happy when she hears that I want to participate in it and tells me all directly.

"The theme is about lovers, the same as the one in France that we have taken part in before, but this time the venue is in the United States and your design work should be based on the American culture. I think you’d better go to the United States and live there for a while."

'Go to America?' I hesitate.

I can't leave Penelope alone. How can I go to the United States?

But if I don't get the prize money, I can’t afford the medical bills of Penelope at all.

I have no choice.

There is still a month from the deadline of the competition and to design a work I must involve myself in the resonant material to get inspiration.

I quickly book a flight ticket to the United States. There is no economy class left, so I buy the first class, which I never do before.

Anyway, what I really need is a ton of money not the price of a plane ticket.

head to the

leave Penelope to my mother and all

illness from deteriorating and I will be away for at least a month, so

take a taxi to the airport. Unexpectedly, when I arrive at the airport, I see

and beneath it are his alert

exact, he comes looking for

do you know I

at him and

been keeping a good eye on you these past few days. Since I’m teaming up with you, I need to be cautious about your

I can feel a

has been betrayed by the person whom he trusts and loves the most, so he hardly

to participate in a competition." I nod at

the mood to participate in the competition? Or are you short of

rich, but I don't want him to know too much about me and get him involved in my business.

I wouldn't even

my head and refuse, "Never mind. I just want to participate. You know I like design very

phone suddenly rings. He takes a look at his phone and whispers, "Hilda and Frances are at the airport. I have to

to hide his whereabouts, so he

I don't want to

I decide to pass through the