Oh, no!
Is it another round of storm?
Frances Louis can’t go on the ship now, that’s so dangerous!
I don’t give much thought and shout at the place he jumped off, "Frances Louis, come back! It’s too
dangerous! Frances Louis!"
No response comes from the sea. I am so worried, afraid that something would happen to him.
"Jane Noyes."
Steven Song tugs at my clothes and whispers my name.
"Don’t pull me." I say impatiently, and continue to call Frances Louis’s name.
I can’t be reassured as long as he doesn’t answer me.
"Fran…"
"Frances!" Whitney’s anxious shouts come from beside and I freeze.
What did I do?
I called Frances Louis’s name in front of Whitney so worriedly. What was I doing? What if she found
out?
I finally realize why Steven Song pulled me just now.
Fortunately, Whitney doesn’t notice me because she is so worried about Frances Louis.
"Frances, Frances, come back! The storm is coming! Come back!"
I dare not call his name again, but stare in the sea anxiously.
A faint sound of crashing waves comes from the distance.
"I am fine."
Suddenly, Frances Louis’s voice comes and I am relieved.
I look down and he has already come out from the sea.
"Thank god you are fine. You really scared me!"
Even though he is wet, Whitney rushes over and hugs him, her body couldn't stop shaking.
"I hear someone was calling my name."
Frances Louis says lightly and looks at me.
I feel guilty and explain awkwardly, "I thought Mr. Louis wanted to drive a ship because I had a
stomachache, so I was a little worried."
"For you?" Frances Louis loosens Whitney and raises his eyebrows to me, "Miss Noyes might think too
much of yourself."
It is like a slap in my face that makes my situation even worse.
“I also thought Mr. Louis did it for Jane Noyes. After all, Mr. Louis has always cherished girls." Steven
Song helps me and says.
He helps me break the ice. I look at Steven Song thankfully.
"I do cherish girls, but I cherish my life more. Being alive is the most important thing in the world."
I always remember these words said by Frances Louis. So, when that incident happens, I am
completely distracted.
The storm has not come yet. We find a big tree and hide under it.
Anyway, it wouldn’t thunder in this season. We couldn’t be stroke by the thunder.
But I feel more and more uncomfortable in my stomach.
I am weak in menstrual period. Besides, I feel dizzy because I got wet in the rain and slept in the wild
yesterday, and now here is the stomachache. It feels like I am going to die.
"Steven Song, I feel so bad, would you lend me your shoulder?"
I press my stomach hard and lean towards Steven Song slowly.
"You can’t hold out like this. I don’t know when can we leave here. We have to find something to eat
before the storm."
Steven Song says and stands up. My body, which leaned on his shoulder, involuntarily falls towards
Frances Louis.
"I need a helper, but we can't have two women here. How about Frances Louis staying and watching
Jane Noyes, and Miss Jordan will go with me to get something to eat."
No one objects Steven Song's proposal. Whitney follows him, leaving me leaning on Frances Louis's
shoulder. I want to get up but I was too weak to do so.
I may have a fever. The alternately hot and cold feeling makes me sick. The state of being half asleep
lasts for a long time.
"Frances Louis."
I call his name in a daze.
"Yes." The man answers lazily.
"I feel so cold." I say feebly, but my hand gripping his shirt.
People are especially vulnerable when they are sick. And they always want to grip something when
they are vulnerable.
I don’t know what Frances Louis means to me, but just at this moment, I don’t want to let him go.
Frances Louis says nothing. The next second, his warm chests hug me tightly.
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