In My Desperate Time novel Chapter 18

“What’s this?” I ask.

The wind discomposes his hair.

He seems to stand in the wind for a long time.

“Medicine.”

He says and shoves the medicine to me. Then he leaves.

He drinks a lot, too, and probably calls his chauffeur to pick him up. And his car, parks right behind me, I don’t notice it.

Actually, I am thinking, if Frances Louis offers me an olive branch now, perhaps I will really say yes.

Tonight, I am so fragile. I Desperately need a harbor to dock my wandering heart.

I open the medicine bag and look inside. They are all anti-allergic medicine.

I smile sadly. I swallow the medicine without water.

Perhaps only the pain and suffering can support me to go on.

When I arrive home, there is another man except my mom and dad.

My brother Frank Noyes.

My parents sit beside him, one is on the left and the other is on the right. They serve him like serving an empire. One peels orange for him and the other massages his shoulders.

There are full of snacks and fruits on the tea table. I know these are bought with my money even thinking with my toes.

“Why do you come back? Aren't you studying abroad?” I ask Frank Noyes.

He doesn’t even look at me. He is still playing a hand game with his phone.

“I'm tired of studying. I don't want to study. And I don't have as much money as other students, so I can't go out to play every day. It’s boring. I might as well come back.”

I feel really mad hearing what he says. Although the relationship there is found by Andrew Malan, his expenses abroad have been borne by me. My parents have always given him much money. Other people go abroad would work while studying, but he only wants to enjoy!

“Who permits you can come back? Have you asked my advice? All of your tuition have been paid by me. And now you1 just quit study. Do you think money just grows on trees?!”