{"id":595,"date":"2026-09-28T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-571\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:53:00","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-571","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-571\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 571"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 571<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 571<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have a lawyer to bail me out, and I refuse to speak, so the police can only detain me.<\/p>\n<p>In the evening, Mindy finally finds a lawyer for me and offers to bail me out.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer is of Chinese descent. I feel more relieved to see another Chinese other than myself.<\/p>\n<p>I fill the lawyer in, and his frown grows.<\/p>\n<p>I understand it&#8217;s bad for me.<\/p>\n<p>However, what can I do?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t even know why Hilda did that.<\/p>\n<p>If she wants to deal with me, she should have made a move long ago, and she doesn&#8217;t need to wait until now.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, she would have done more than to send me to prison.<\/p>\n<p>From what I know about her, she would want me to die a slow and painful death.<\/p>\n<p>After listening to my story, the lawyer looks at me seriously and says, &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t look good for you. First, this man came home with you. Second, you drugged him. Third, he hasn&#8217;t been home for three days since he entered your house but has been in the refrigerator this whole time. Who would believe you when you say you never discovered a man in your refrigerator during that period of time?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I know the lawyer is right.<\/p>\n<p>That man is dead. Murder is a felony. Even if it&#8217;s manslaughter, I will be behind bars for at least ten years.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have ten years to waste, because I don&#8217;t know what will become of Frances and me after that.<\/p>\n<p>I also don&#8217;t know if Penelope has ten years left.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is there really no other way?&#8221; I whisper to the lawyer, almost in despair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the United States, these things can be settled privately. If that woman is willing to let you off the hook, you&#8217;ll be fine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To let me off the hook? I remember the look in her eyes when she wanted to kill me and shake my head helplessly.<\/p>\n<p>How is that possible?<\/p>\n<p>I also bring the lawyer with me.<\/p>\n<p>When the woman and I have trouble understanding each other, he can be of help.<\/p>\n<p>The day when I went to Whitney&#8217;s house to ask for her forgiveness pops into my head.<\/p>\n<p>That day almost became my nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>Standing at the door, I swallow nervously.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer doesn&#8217;t know my past and urges me to hurry with his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>I reach out and knock on the door.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, someone opens it.<\/p>\n<p>However, when I see who it is, I can&#8217;t help but take two steps back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-595","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/595","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=595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}