{"id":291,"date":"2026-09-28T14:11:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-267\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:11:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-267","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-267\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 267"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 267<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 267<\/p>\n<p>Tonight no one books the whole pub, so there are many people. Frances sits alone in the same private room, having a drink.<\/p>\n<p>From 9 p.m. when he came till 2 a.m. when I get off work, he sit there still. If he doesn\u2019t look at me some times, I can hardly feel his existence. As he doesn\u2019t come over, I feel both relieved but somehow lost. After putting on the casual clothes, I plan to leave from the rare door. After stepping out, I run into Frances Louis.<\/p>\n<p>I am surprised how he appears here in such a short time. Only pub employees have access to the rare door, so he should have left from the pub\u2019s front door and then arrived here waiting for me. As it\u2019s a long distance. I wonder whether he can teleport.<\/p>\n<p>I push him impatiently and walk forward. \u201cWhat are you doing here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course I am waiting for you.\u201d The man follows me unhurriedly. The path to my residence is not far, only about 1km. Usually I would go back alone.<\/p>\n<p>After following me for a while, he says like a meddlesome elder person, \u201cIt\u2019s very dangerous for a girl like you to walk home alone in the midnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previously his inadvertent word would get me nervous, but now his care makes me sick. \u201cIt\u2019s none of your business. Besides, are there more dangerous people than you?\u201d I sneer at him.<\/p>\n<p>In my life, the most dangerous people should be him. As I am not afraid of him, how can I fear other people?<\/p>\n<p>Frances stops talking and continues to follow me until I stop outside my residence. I don\u2019t want to conceal my address, but it doesn\u2019t mean I want him to accompany me upstairs.<\/p>\n<p>When we are talking, I find someone is shining the flashlight toward us. Soon, two policemen come over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy so quickly?\u201d I look at the policemen in surprise, because I made the call just 2 minutes ago. It\u2019s true that when talking of the devil, he will appear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just go on patrol nearby because another woman reports being followed. Is this man whom you call a hooligan? He seems not.\u201d Policeman is a little surprised after looking over Frances Louis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs there is an old saying, you can know one\u2019s face but not his mind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-291","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/291","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=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}