In My Desperate Time novel Chapter 257

“I don’t know his weakness. It seems that he has no weakness.”

I say to Steven.

“Besides, I haven’t been in Virginia for a long time, so now I know nearly nothing about Frances. I guess I should catch up the news about him.”

The expression on Steven’s face relaxes a bit, and he says with a smile, “Now you start to know that he who has a thorough knowledge of the enemy and himself is bound to win in all battles. So why were you so impulsive before?”

His words make me feel ashamed of myself, and in my heart I feel sorrier for him.

“I will arrange a place for you to live, as well as the work for you. I can still make sure that Frances can’t find you if you don’t want to show up.” Steven says in a deep voice.

I shake my head and say, “I think a place with the good and bad mixed together has the most information. If I want to know more Frances’s secrets, I have to work at that kind of places. I’m not afraid he will find me, and even if he does, I won’t admit my identity before I have a way to deal with him. As long as I insist that I’m not Jane, what can he do to me?”

Steven doesn’t object to my idea, and just says, “As long as you’re happy. I’ll send someone to secretly protect you at the bar where you work.”

“How do you know I’m going to work at a bar?” I ask him with surprise.

“Or what else could it be? Is there a place more mixed and complicated than a bar?” he laughs and stands on his feet, walking towards outside, “Call me when you have a decision.”

Steven leaves. But my heart can’t be at peace for a long time.

I don’t know if I can get back what Frances owes me, but I’m afraid that I’ll never be able to repay Steven for what he has done for me.

Two days later, I get a job at Heartbeat, the largest bar in Virginia.

The bar has a large scale and the best-known of it is the nightly pole dancing show. I know Frances. He always keeps a sense of pride and superiority, and he would never come to such a place. So I’m not really worried about running into him here.

I don’t look very pretty, but there are full of flirtatious people here, so I can’t get away with being teased even though I’m just a waitress.

It’s lucky that Steven has sent his men here to protect me secretly, and he also told the boss of the bar to look out for me, so I hasn’t run into any big trouble yet.