{"id":619,"date":"2026-09-28T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-595\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:01:00","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-595","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-595\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 595"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 595<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 595<\/p>\n<p>Hilda and Frances have gone to the US, leaving Earl and Albie here taken care of by the nanny.<\/p>\n<p>The nanny knows me and she also likes me.<\/p>\n<p>She is very happy to see me back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mrs. Louis, good to have you back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, I&#8217;m a little surprised.<\/p>\n<p>Frances and I are already divorced. But she still calls me Mrs. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No need to call me that. After all&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I look at Frances and pause.<\/p>\n<p>Although I know what happens between Frances and Hilda is not real, I still find it hard to get over it.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to talk about it anymore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, you have always been the Mrs. Louis to me. Although I never know why you have divorced, I could tell how much he loved you when you were here. Mr. Louis has been polite but distant to Hilda Farey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Really?<\/p>\n<p>But how should I know about that?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been away too long to know anything that happens in this house.<\/p>\n<p>Even now, he still chooses to write letters.<\/p>\n<p>He probably feels that in this era where everything can be bugged, a letter is the best way to keep a secret.<\/p>\n<p>Tears begin to fall as I read the first sentence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jane, if you&#8217;re reading this letter, it means I&#8217;m already gone. Unfortunately, I will never get to see Earl grow up, nor can I see the day when I&#8217;m surrounded by grandkids. Of course, I never thought I could. People with liver cancer can only count the days until they die. But I can&#8217;t help feeling regretful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No more sad words. After all, it&#8217;s a real pleasure that you see this letter. It means Hilda has been taken down. The threat to this family no longer exists now. I&#8217;m sorry. I was so mean to you because of Hilda. Before I met her, I never thought that one day, I would be manipulated by a woman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At first, I thought she was a sweet, innocent girl. It wasn&#8217;t until I overheard her call one day that I realized she was malicious deep down, like a snake or a scorpion. That day, I saw the evil in her. She could kill dozens of lives without mercy just to achieve her goal. And the power and the influences she has are much greater than I thought. It&#8217;ll be a piece of cake for her to hurt you. But she has discovered that I knew all about it, threatening to kill you if I don&#8217;t force you to leave.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-619","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/619","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=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}