{"id":351,"date":"2026-09-28T14:31:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-327\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:31:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-327","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-327\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 327"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 327<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 327<\/p>\n<p>The morning of the next day, I present Frances with my requests, and to my surprise, he actually agrees.<\/p>\n<p>I get into the car to go home and once I arrive home, I see my mother sitting at the entrance sorting out the vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom\u201d. I call out to her from a distance.<\/p>\n<p>My mother raises her head to look at me with surprise and love which I have not seen for a long time. She has aged considerably over this period of my absence and her face has more wrinkles and her hair has become greyer.<\/p>\n<p>I walk over and look at her with pain in my heart and say, \u201cMom, why do you have so many white hairs?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My mother sighs and says softly, \u201cWhat else other than thinking of you and your father? Each day that he isn\u2019t around is torturous.\u201d My mood begins to dive as I walk into the house with my mother.<\/p>\n<p>My mother cooks a lot of dishes. Even Frank is surprised when he comes back at midday for lunch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are you back?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I roll my eyes at him and say impatiently, \u201cWhy can\u2019t I come back? This is also my home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not what I meant, sister. The last time Steven came to look for us, he said that you were overseas. He told us that you were doing well and for us not to worry about you. I didn\u2019t expect you to come back suddenly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doing well? I force a smile but my heart begins to ache. What Steven referred to was perhaps my situation before the incident happened. Before that incident happened, I was doing rather well but everything changed after Hamlin\u2019s emergence. I don\u2019t want to mention to my family what I experienced. I also don\u2019t want to mention my marriage to Frances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan I go with you tomorrow?\u201d I ask him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d He replies after pondering for a moment and nods to me.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, I go with him to the court and wait for the judgment. I continue to hold onto hope but in the end, I am utterly disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>The custody of Earl is given to Whitney.<\/p>\n<p>Earl is Whitney and Lawrence\u2019s child and has no blood relations with Frances. That\u2019s why it is impossible for him to have custody of the child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-351","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/351","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=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}