{"id":527,"date":"2026-09-28T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-503\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:30:20","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-503","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-503\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 503"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 503<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 503<\/p>\n<p>Everyone present is shocked when I suddenly retract my confession.<\/p>\n<p>However, two persons are very calm.<\/p>\n<p>One is Frances.<\/p>\n<p>The other is Hilda.<\/p>\n<p>Why is she so calm when she hears what I said?<\/p>\n<p>Could it be that she knows how to deal with it?<\/p>\n<p>Considering my words, the judge has to take a short recess so that Earl can be taken to run a CT test on his head.<\/p>\n<p>The test doesn&#8217;t take any time at all, so we&#8217;re back in session.<\/p>\n<p>But what the opposing counsel says disappoints and startles me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After an accurate test in the hospital, there&#8217;s no foreign object in the defendant&#8217;s son&#8217;s brain and he&#8217;s never had an operation. Therefore, it can be concluded that the defendant concocts such a story in order to slander Hilda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There isn&#8217;t a bomb in Earl&#8217;s head. Why?<\/p>\n<p>Did Hilda &#8230; lie to me?<\/p>\n<p>I look towards Hilda and see she is complacent, which seems to have confirmed my conjecture.<\/p>\n<p>I am deceived, and now it is too late!<\/p>\n<p>I am so stupid that I am fooled like an idiot.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the only perk that Earl&#8217;s life isn&#8217;t in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>But is my life going to be ruined like this?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not lying. It&#8217;s Hilda. She lied to me! Frances, it&#8217;s Hilda who lied to me. I never hate you and neither do I want to hurt you? I love&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Silence in court!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The judge bangs on the table and says in an authoritative tone.<\/p>\n<p>I have no choice but to calm down and look Frances in the eye.<\/p>\n<p>What I need is his trust.<\/p>\n<p>I just want to see his trusting eyes.<\/p>\n<p>But he doesn&#8217;t do that.<\/p>\n<p>He just gives me a cold look, and then he looks away.<\/p>\n<p>I am almost dead inside.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your honor, the defendant targeted innocent civilians and nearly killed my client. She has broken the law. We propose the defendant be sentenced to 15 years behind bars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t help calling his name, &#8220;Frances!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He stops.<\/p>\n<p>It gives me new hope.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t you believe me? Do you think I want to hurt you? You know&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before I can finish my sentence, Hilda has walked out of the hall arm in arm with Frances.<\/p>\n<p>A cop escorts me into the car and drives to the prison.<\/p>\n<p>I used to live in a detention center, but now I will be in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The prison is even more terrifying than what I have imagined and I realize this the first day I am in it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Number 3307, you&#8217;ll be here from now on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are eight women in this room including me, and they are different from each other.<\/p>\n<p>Each of them was fierce and devilish when they look at me.<\/p>\n<p>I know everyone in the prison is dangerous, so I walk to the only empty bed. As soon as I lie down, I am lifted by a woman who is very strong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t sleep, and take off your clothes! Hurry up!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-527","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/527","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=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}