In My Desperate Time novel Chapter 406

I haven't gone back to see my mother these days. Judging from her condition, she should be recovering well.

When I enter the house, she is sitting there trimming vegetables for cooking.

"Mom, I'm back. Where's Frank? Where did he go?"

I walk in and sit down opposite my mother.

I remember Mom saying on the phone that Frank is on vacation today. Why is he not here?

"He went to get the cake. I said there's no need to waste money on the cake, but he told me that the cake was ordered yesterday. So he went out to get it."

Although mom is complaining, the happiness in her tone is obvious.

Perhaps Mom was right to let Sabina go. Otherwise, this family would not be so peaceful now.

Frank returns very soon with a beautiful cream cake.

The cake is small, but it's enough for the three of us.

Mom is the birthday girl today, and I don't want her to work too much, so I push her to the side and I do the cooking.

Very quickly, the dishes are cooked and served.

Frank puts the cake on the table and puts a candle in it. After singing a birthday song for mom, he asks mom to make a wish.

"I'm old. There is no need to do this"

Mom smiles embarrassedly and closes her eyes to make a wish.

I ask her what her wish is, but she refuses to tell us.

Frank teases, "Mom must wish that I can find a wife quickly, so that she can have a grandson."

Mom pats him on the head and glares at him, "It's good that you know about it!"

I am very happy to see the scene.

Frank cuts the cake into three pieces for us. I look at the thick cream on it and don't have any appetite.

I prefer this chicken to the cake.

"I'll eat it later."

As I say that, I reach out to pick up the dishes.

Mom and Frank are chatting as they are eating the cake. Just as they take several mouthfuls of the cake, their faces turn awful.

They fall to the ground. They are having convulsion and their pupils are dilated. They also breathe with difficulty.

What's going on? They just were eating the cake. Why would they become like this all of a sudden?

"Mom, Frank, what's wrong with you?" I was so anxious that I want to pull them up, but I don't dare to touch them at all.