In My Desperate Time

Invitation?

Of what? Who would send this to a newcomer here in America?

I just can't figure it out.

Puzzled, I receive it from the little girl, express my thanks, and open it.

Before long, I realize the identity of the inviter.

It’s Hilda Farey.

The banquet tonight I am invited to is to celebrate her first wedding anniversary with Frances Louis.

I know it’s for showing off.

That’s what she has been doing since she got Frances.

I definitely don’t want to see her.

But a thought of Frances changes my mind.

I have been holding back my will to see him, only to avoid suspicion from Hilda.

am invited by her,

attending, I find I am short of fancy dress. I am here simply on a business

a moment of consideration, I decide to buy one for the

royal blue dress appeals to me with its well-cut

wonder whether it’s because the price is so high in America or I

it costs

thing is that I need to spend for nobody but myself, so it’s actually quite affordable for me

it’s quite a sum of

me not to be looked down upon by

enough, the price of this is far lower than that of her clothes,

back to the apartment

greeted by no one, without any sign of the

when the medical effect

actually feel better without having

three hours making sure I have a perfect makeup, get a satisfying hair dress from a salon before I set off to

in a luxury villa, where allegedly Hilda and

truly feel

hands, she doesn’t feel

have any sense of

of the residence, a sense of unease strikes

Can I convince Hilda of my indifference when