{"id":575,"date":"2026-09-28T15:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-551\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:46:20","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-551","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-551\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 551"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 551<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 551<\/p>\n<p>Hilda is truly merciless towards me.<\/p>\n<p>I have thought of her request for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not surprising that Hilda wants me to die.<\/p>\n<p>If I can save Penelope, I am willing to sacrifice my life.<\/p>\n<p>But at the very least, I need to know that Penelope is safe and sound.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can agree to your request, but you have to let me see Penelope. I won&#8217;t do anything for you until I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;s fine. Hilda, you&#8217;d better not play any tricks. Otherwise I won&#8217;t let you off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I say coldly to Hilda.<\/p>\n<p>On the other end of the phone comes Hilda&#8217;s laughter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why are you laughing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I ask her, puzzled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you really think that your child is in my hands? Jane, you are really naive since you believe me so easily. However, you&#8217;ve reminded me that if I want to deal with you, I can just start dealing with the people around you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hilda&#8217;s words irritate me.<\/p>\n<p>However, I can sense that she doesn&#8217;t seem to have done this.<\/p>\n<p>Do I have a wrong guess?<\/p>\n<p>However, who else could it be except Hilda?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hilda, what do you mean? Didn&#8217;t you do this?&#8221; I feel doubtful.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course not. How can you understand? I will definitely admit it as long as I&#8217;ve done it. Don&#8217;t call me for such a boring reason next time. You&#8217;re only reminding me that I should find an opportunity to attack you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After Hilda finishes speaking, she hangs up the phone and doesn&#8217;t allow me to continue asking.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s so resolute that I begin to believe she hasn&#8217;t done it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mom, it&#8217;s not your fault.&#8221; I pat my mother on the shoulder and try to comfort her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, it&#8217;s my fault. It&#8217;s all my fault. I just couldn&#8217;t control my greed for food. So I wanted to go out and ate something delicious. That&#8217;s why this could happen. If I hadn&#8217;t left, it wouldn&#8217;t have happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But I don&#8217;t think so. I don&#8217;t even know who has taken Penelope away.<\/p>\n<p>If that person is ruthless, my mother will also be in danger if she&#8217;s there. Thus, my mother can&#8217;t do anything even though she stays with Penelope.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mom, don&#8217;t blame yourself. It&#8217;s really not your fault. The most important thing now is to get Penelope back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s right, Mom. Stop blaming yourself. You&#8217;ve been crying so hard these days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Frank also walks in and tries to comfort my mother.<\/p>\n<p>He looks quite tired. It seems that Penelope&#8217;s disappearance has made him exhausted both physically and mentally.<\/p>\n<p>Mom sits on the wheelchair and moves towards him. She anxiously asks, &#8220;How is it? What do the police say?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-575","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/575","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=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}