Chapter 80
\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 80<\/p>\n
We just had a big fight in the afternoon. Now I am so cheeky to ask for his help. Frances Louis must think I am thick-skinned.<\/p>\n
Knock, knock, no body answers.<\/p>\n
I think he pretends not to hear.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t give up, and gives him a call. The only way I can avoid being harassed by my mother is harassing Frances Louis.<\/p>\n
He doesn\u2019t answer the phone.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I have enough patience. I keep calling until he picks up.<\/p>\n
After three to four times, Frances Louis finally answers.<\/p>\n
There’s a lot of noise on his side. He doesn’t seem to be at home.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d He asks coldly, without any feelings.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am at your door.\u201d I say, waiting for his reply.<\/p>\n
But Frances Louis is so patient that, after several minutes, he still says nothing.<\/p>\n
I am afraid of the silent Frances Louis, and finally I am the first to break the ice.<\/p>\n
\u201cWould you please come back and let\u2019s talk about Frank Noyes?\u201d I bite my lip and lower my voice.<\/p>\n
I just pissed off Frances Louis. If I didn\u2019t have a nice attitude now, he might not help me.<\/p>\n
However, I maybe think highly of Frances Louis.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat’s not the attitude you had when you got off the car. You want to talk, but I don’t want to talk to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
My heart drops to the bottom.<\/p>\n
Now I am surer that Frank Noyes is taken by Frances Louis.<\/p>\n
What a mean person he is! I just lost my temper and had a few words with him, why he is so petty!<\/p>\n
\u201cI am sorry. I apologize. Would you come back? I am waiting at your door.\u201d<\/p>\n
I take two deep breaths to calm my anger down.<\/p>\n
I have to suppress my anger. I can’t provoke Frances Louis again.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can wait as long as you like.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then Frances Louis hangs up.<\/p>\n
I call him again, but he has already turned off.<\/p>\n
He turns off to take revenge on me!<\/p>\n
What a baby!<\/p>\n
He is so childish!<\/p>\n
Well, I can wait.<\/p>\n
I stand at his door, waking back and forth, waiting for Frances Louis.<\/p>\n
After a long time, he still doesn\u2019t come back.<\/p>\n
It is really cold in the middle of the night. I came out in a hurry and forgot to put on my coat. Now my body is frozen out here.<\/p>\n
I keep sneezing. I rub my hands and stomping my feet to keep the heat.<\/p>\n
My greatest regret now is not that I offended Frances Louis, but that I threw away the key for his house after a quarrel with him. Otherwise I’d be in the house by now and not be a fool out here standing in the cold wind.<\/p>\n
At first, I can play with my phone, but then it runs out of battery.<\/p>\n
Cold, I feel so cold!<\/p>\n
By the end, my body becomes almost unconscious and my consciousness is getting dim.<\/p>\n
Daylight finally comes.<\/p>\n
I waited all night in front of Frances Louis’s house.<\/p>\n
It is nearly eight o ‘clock when his car comes back.<\/p>\n
I stand up and drag my numb legs toward him.<\/p>\n
Frances Louis rolls down the window and looks at me coldly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou really waited all night. Jane Noyes, where is your dignity? You look so brave when you had quarrel with me. Don’t come back if you have any self-esteem!\u201d<\/p>\n
Frances Louis\u2019s words trample on my pride.<\/p>\n
But I don\u2019t have time to think about it. I use all my strength to knock at the window.<\/p>\n
\u201cWould you please come out first and let\u2019s talk.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve asked others to find your brother. Take care of yourself first. If you get out of bed before the fever goes away, I’ll break your leg!\u201d<\/p>\n
Frances Louis says and leaves.<\/p>\n
I know he could do what he said, so I can only lie on bed according to his commands. At my beautiful age, I have to work to support myself. If he breaks my leg, I can only beg to support my life.<\/p>\n
I fall asleep again and wake up in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
The dehydration makes me parched.<\/p>\n
Frances Louis is sitting at the head of the bed, nodding off with one hand on his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cWater.\u201d<\/p>\n
I whisper hoarsely.<\/p>\n
Frances Louis opens his eyes abruptly and hands me the water.<\/p>\n
I feel better after drinking a cup of water. The fever goes and I don\u2019t feel dizzy.<\/p>\n
I only feel a little hungry.<\/p>\n
I reach out and feel my stomach. Frances Louis brings me a bowl of porridge.<\/p>\n
I take the porridge. I frown when I am ready to drink.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is something dark in this porridge, and it smells burnt.\u201d<\/p>\n
I look at Frances Louis, who coughs with some embarrassment. He says, \u201cDrink or dump.\u201d<\/p>\n
Couldn\u2019t he talk nicely?<\/p>\n
I am so hungry that I don\u2019t want to argue with him. I eat porridge with a frown.<\/p>\n
There seems to be a lot of ingredients in the porridge, but I could not taste any of them because they are burnt.<\/p>\n
As I am finishing the porridge, Frances Louis\u2019s phone rings.<\/p>\n
He answers the phone, but after ten seconds, he hangs up.<\/p>\n
From beginning to the end, he says nothing.<\/p>\n
He looks at me, \u201cFrank Noyes is found.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-104","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}