{"id":522,"date":"2026-09-28T15:28:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-498\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:28:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-498","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-498\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 498"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 498<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 498<\/p>\n<p>I shoot.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t hear anything after that.<\/p>\n<p>Hilda and old Mr. Louis rush to Frances. Behind me, the bustling crowd are fleeing.<\/p>\n<p>I just stand there and watch Frances slowly fall to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Blood oozes from his chest and reflects my eyes scarlet.<\/p>\n<p>His face is deathly pale, but he still tries to put on a smile.<\/p>\n<p>I see his lips move. With all the strength left, he says three words to me.<\/p>\n<p>I.<\/p>\n<p>Love.<\/p>\n<p>You.<\/p>\n<p>I finally come back to my senses and run towards Frances like crazy.<\/p>\n<p>Old Mr. Louis is so indignant that he pushes me away. He frowns and shouts to me sternly, &#8220;Go away, you bitch!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ambulance comes very fast, but Frances\u2019 blood flows away even faster. I can feel his vitality losing.<\/p>\n<p>Frances.<\/p>\n<p>Frances, please be safe.<\/p>\n<p>The ambulance takes him to the hospital. After some simple check-up, Frances is brought into the operating room.<\/p>\n<p>Hilda, old Mr. Louis, Steven, Mom, Frank and me all stand outside, waiting for the results of the operation.<\/p>\n<p>No one wants Frances to die, especially mom. She is so anxious that she keeps scolding me, &#8220;Jane, what the hell is wrong with you?! Why do you shoot him? You are killing him, and you&#8217;re going to jail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I just sit there with my hands clasped together, silent.<\/p>\n<p>What can I say?<\/p>\n<p>No one will believe me no matter what I say, right?<\/p>\n<p>I have no choice. I must save Earl.<\/p>\n<p>I stand up and look at Hilda sharply.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Come here. I wanna talk to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hilda follows me to the corner of the corridor. She has been quite down all this time for worrying about Frances.<\/p>\n<p>Her gamble is so wild that one careless move may easily take Frances\u2019 life.<\/p>\n<p>She loves Frances, so of course, she doesn&#8217;t want to see this happen.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so sad and my heart hurts so much.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so agonized that I&#8217;m about to die.<\/p>\n<p>Hilda smiles and looks at me in a very sympathetic way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No matter what, you two are over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I know.<\/p>\n<p>I know.<\/p>\n<p>However, his survival and Earl&#8217;s are more important than anything else.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t lose either of them. It will be more painful than death for me.<\/p>\n<p>Hilda sneers while leaving. While I curl up into a ball, crying uncontrollably.<\/p>\n<p>What should I do?<\/p>\n<p>If anything happens to Frances, what should I do?<\/p>\n<p>Although I intentionally miss a bit, can the shot still be lethal?<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, something terrible occurs to me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-522","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/522","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=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}