{"id":521,"date":"2026-09-28T15:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-497\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:28:20","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-497","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-497\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 497"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 497<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 497<\/p>\n<p>It causes uproar in the crowd around.<\/p>\n<p>They move back in fear, but they are still curious and refuse to leave.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jane, are you crazy? Put the gun down!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Steven says.<\/p>\n<p>He stands not far from the stage and anxiously wants to come over.<\/p>\n<p>Frances has hired bodyguards. When the bodyguards see me coming over, they all reach out hands to their waists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jane, don&#8217;t do this!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jane, what are you doing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>My mother and brother are even more frightened. They are so anxious that they almost cry out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t come here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Frances waves his hand and signals them not to act rashly. The bodyguards block the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>It is as if there are only Frances and I in the world, and no one can enter.<\/p>\n<p>He smiles gently at me and walks towards me step by step.<\/p>\n<p>I aim the gun at his chest. As long as I pull the trigger, it will shoot his heart.<\/p>\n<p>However, I&#8217;m don&#8217;t want to do that.<\/p>\n<p>I move back in fear and feel heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m afraid. I&#8217;m afraid that it will be over between me and Frances if I pull the trigger.<\/p>\n<p>What I&#8217;m even more afraid of is that I will kill him.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t help but tremble. Frances whispers to me, &#8220;Jane, if you&#8217;d like to kill me, I won&#8217;t escape. As long as you&#8217;re telling the truth, shoot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>My hands tremble uncontrollably. I look at Earl and Hilda.<\/p>\n<p>What Hilda has said kept playing back in my mind.<\/p>\n<p>I feel that my mind is in a mess and about to explode.<\/p>\n<p>What should I do? What should I do?<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t do it. I can&#8217;t shoot Frances.<\/p>\n<p>I love him. I really love him.<\/p>\n<p>He and Earl are both important to me.<\/p>\n<p>My fingernails are deeply embedded in my flesh. The pain sobers me up a little, and I finally have the courage to say that painful lie.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s it. Frances, I hate you! From the beginning, I hate you. I hate everything you&#8217;ve done to me! I hate you so much, but I have to pretend to love you so much every day. It&#8217;s painful for me. I don&#8217;t want to lie to myself anymore, nor do I want to stay with you! I&#8217;m going to kill you and end all this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I raise the gun again and steady my hands with great difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t tremble.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t make any mistake of this shot.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what will happen, Frances will be fine!<\/p>\n<p>Frances stands in front of me calmly.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he&#8217;s sure that I won&#8217;t shoot.<\/p>\n<p>He understands my feelings and knows that love can&#8217;t be pretended.<\/p>\n<p>But he doesn&#8217;t know that our child&#8217;s life is in Hilda&#8217;s hands.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry.<\/p>\n<p>I love you.<\/p>\n<p>I close my eyes and shoot Frances in the left of his heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-521","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/521","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=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}