In My Desperate Time

Right after Penelope disappears, Mom calls the police.

Because it is a disappearance of an infant, she doesn't have to wait for 24 hours to report it.

I also look anxiously at Frank, waiting for his reply.

No matter what the news is, it is better than nothing.

Frank shakes his head and sighs, "No news from the police. They said that they would keep tracking the case. If there's any news, they will call us."

No news.

I slump in my chair, dejected and worried sick. My eyes are empty as I look ahead.

Penelope has been missing for almost 24 hours, and we hear nothing of her.

I don't even know if she is taken away by a child trafficker, or someone with some ulterior motive.

Regardless of who it is, Penelope is in danger now.

Or to put it more negatively, I don't know if she's alive.

What should I do?

What in the world should I do?

want to cry, but I understand that tears are

be so many troubles in the

sit in the chair. My mind doesn't

exhausted after the

and go back to my

My misery will add to

the bed, I can't keep my eyes

How can I sleep?

them, Penelope's

I fail to protect such a cute

questioning myself

little. Besides suffering from the illness, she

the hell are

clutching the blanket, crying

warm embrace and someone reliable by

have already lost Frances, so I can only hold on by

really don't know how,

that, I live my life

so overwrought, but I can't

...

to the police station every day. All I want is news bout Penelope, even if it is just

disappointment again and again, leaving

about Penelope has become a taboo subject in my family. As