{"id":541,"date":"2026-09-28T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-517\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:35:00","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-517","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-517\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 517"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 517<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 517<\/p>\n<p>No wonder I haven&#8217;t landed a job now.<\/p>\n<p>I think it owes to my appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Trying not to look distressed, I smile at Earl and stretch out my hands towards him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Earl.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I say in a low voice.<\/p>\n<p>Earl stares at me with his big eyes and cries out loud.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mom&#8230;. Mom&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mom&#8217;s&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here.<\/p>\n<p>Before I can finish speaking, Earl is picked up by Hilda. Then, she pats Earl&#8217;s back to comfort him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid. Mom&#8217;s here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mom&#8230;. Mom&#8230;. Scared&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earl hugs Hilda, sobbing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m hurt.<\/p>\n<p>And Tears streak my face.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m your mom.<\/p>\n<p>Frances has left me for Hilda. Now, because of her, Earl can&#8217;t recognize me?<\/p>\n<p>My baby boy is calling another woman Mom. How can I take that?<\/p>\n<p>The sadness is more than I can bear.<\/p>\n<p>My heart is being torn part.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m overwhelmed with great sadness that I was almost suffocating.<\/p>\n<p>Then, everything goes black, and I fall down.<\/p>\n<p>Frances reaches out and catches me.<\/p>\n<p>I look at him, and I can only see indifference in his eyes. It&#8217;s like that a lifetime has passed since we were being together.<\/p>\n<p>Does he no longer love me?<\/p>\n<p>My heart breaks and I lose consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>When I wake up, I&#8217;m lying in the hospital and Mindy is looking at me. She seems angry and disappointed with me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are so lame, fainting just because of seeing Frances! How embarrassing!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but it also hurts me when I heard Earl calling that bad woman Mom.<\/p>\n<p>Hilda takes everything from me, and she doesn&#8217;t feel guilty at all.<\/p>\n<p>I want to do something, but I can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m stricken with grief.<\/p>\n<p>However, I thought old Mr. Louis would die of liver cancer. Why did he have a heart attack?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But you don&#8217;t have a heart attack for no reason. Perhaps he was provoked or something?&#8221; Mindy frowns and concentrates on her thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s also what I&#8217;m thinking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perhaps.&#8221; I sighed, unable to say anything else.<\/p>\n<p>Old Mr. Louis tried to distance himself from me. But I think he did it for me. Therefore, I never have blamed him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The chances are that Hilda did this. Old Mr. Louis might know something about her, so she killed him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mindy says for sure.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m wondering why she is so sure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why did you say that?&#8221; I ask.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t know who Hilda is.&#8221; Mindy rolls her eyes, saying.<\/p>\n<p>She is serious.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m more curious.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who &#8230; is Hilda?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t be shocked. Hilda&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-541","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/541","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=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}