{"id":352,"date":"2026-09-28T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-328\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:32:00","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-328","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-328\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 328"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 328<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 328<\/p>\n<p>I consider submitting evidence of Whitney mistreating her child but the fact of the matter is I don\u2019t have any evidence. Not only that, the mark on the child is now gone. Thus, I can&#8217;t accuse Whitney of child abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Does it mean that I will have to accept that Earl is taken away by Whitney just like that? I can\u2019t accept that. This feeling is like a chunk of flesh being cut from my body. I don\u2019t know why I feel so sad but inside me, I really can\u2019t bear to leave Earl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrances.\u201d I look at him in despair and hope that he can think of something.<\/p>\n<p>He can only shake his head helplessly in return. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Jane, I already tried my best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The court ruled that Frances must return the child to Whitney within three days. Now I only want to go home quickly to spend the precious time with Earl.<\/p>\n<p>Frances is still talking to the lawyer as I leave to go home first. I am stopped by Whitney as I reach the entrance of the Courts. She looks at me and says sarcastically, \u201cHow? I said that I would get custody of the child and I will definitely get it. At most, I\u2019ll just admit that the child isn\u2019t Frances\u2019. It isn\u2019t a loss to me.\u201d Whitney says complacently to me. Truthfully, I don\u2019t understand why she tells me these.<\/p>\n<p>After all, she says these were to spite Frances. But yet, all these words pierce straight to my heart. Outwardly I don\u2019t want to admit to losing to her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do you tell me all these? I don\u2019t care a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAh? You don\u2019t care?\u201d Whitney laughs and scoffs, \u201cDon\u2019t think that I don\u2019t know that you are the one who wanted Frances to fight for the custody of the child. It appears that you really like this child! But how can I let you be with this child? Jane, let me tell you that I will inflict onto you all the pain that you had caused me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I know that Whitney does that to drive a wedge into Frances and my relationship. But there is no need for her to do that as my relationship with Frances is already in the dumps.<\/p>\n<p>After Whitney leaves, Frances frowns and asks me, \u201cWhat did she say to you just now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing, she was just threatening me, that\u2019s all,\u201d I say simply.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I dare not forget nor will I forget the two issues that Whitney mentions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-352","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/352","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=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}