{"id":412,"date":"2026-09-28T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-388\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:52:00","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-388","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-388\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 388"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 388<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 388<\/p>\n<p>I have my heart in the mouth again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frances!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I shout out as my mind goes blank. I&#8217;m about to faint.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Frances reacts in time. He quickly gets down on the ground, rolls over and dodges the bullet.<\/p>\n<p>However, Andrew, who is behind Frances, just stands up. So, the bullet hits his lungs.<\/p>\n<p>Susan actually shoots wide. Even if Frances gets shot, it wouldn&#8217;t hit his vital organs.<\/p>\n<p>However, Andrew is standing behind Frances on the left. After Frances dodges the bullet, it hits Andrew.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Damn it! Andrew!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Susan has gone nuts as she pounces towards Andrew.<\/p>\n<p>I stand still, not knowing what to do. I just stand there and see blood oozing out of Andrew&#8217;s chest.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, blood soaks through his clothes.<\/p>\n<p>There is so much blood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Call an ambulance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Frances speaks in time to wake me up.<\/p>\n<p>However, Andrew has died before the ambulance arrives.<\/p>\n<p>Susan accidentally kills her son. She gets very emotional and faints.<\/p>\n<p>Now I have a complicated feeling towards them.<\/p>\n<p>Although I hate Andrew and Susan, I never thought that they would end up like this.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew just dies.<\/p>\n<p>I feel it like a dream.<\/p>\n<p>I walk over and help old Mr. Louis get into the ambulance with Frances.<\/p>\n<p>When we get into the ambulance, I find that Frances\u2019 arm is bleeding.<\/p>\n<p>Because he is wearing a dark suit, I never notice the blood.<\/p>\n<p>But Andrew didn&#8217;t aim at Frances well. The bullet just grazed Frances\u2019 arm.<\/p>\n<p>And I see what happened after that.<\/p>\n<p>After getting the statement, the police leave.<\/p>\n<p>Since Andrew is dead, the police could not hold him accountable. But Susan would probably spend the rest of her life in prison.<\/p>\n<p>I should be relaxed now.<\/p>\n<p>But when I think of Andrew covered in blood, I couldn&#8217;t get happy at all.<\/p>\n<p>At night, I have a nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>In my dream, Andrew is covered with blood. He walks towards me, strangles me and wants me dead.<\/p>\n<p>I get frightened and wake up from bed.<\/p>\n<p>But Frances is not on the bed with me.<\/p>\n<p>Where did he go at night?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-412","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/412","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=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}