In My Desperate Time novel Chapter 571

I don't have a lawyer to bail me out, and I refuse to speak, so the police can only detain me.

In the evening, Mindy finally finds a lawyer for me and offers to bail me out.

The lawyer is of Chinese descent. I feel more relieved to see another Chinese other than myself.

I fill the lawyer in, and his frown grows.

I understand it's bad for me.

However, what can I do?

I don't even know why Hilda did that.

If she wants to deal with me, she should have made a move long ago, and she doesn't need to wait until now.

Moreover, she would have done more than to send me to prison.

From what I know about her, she would want me to die a slow and painful death.

After listening to my story, the lawyer looks at me seriously and says, "It doesn't look good for you. First, this man came home with you. Second, you drugged him. Third, he hasn'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?"

I know the lawyer is right.

That man is dead. Murder is a felony. Even if it's manslaughter, I will be behind bars for at least ten years.

I don't have ten years to waste, because I don't know what will become of Frances and me after that.

I also don't know if Penelope has ten years left.

"Is there really no other way?" I whisper to the lawyer, almost in despair.

"In the United States, these things can be settled privately. If that woman is willing to let you off the hook, you'll be fine."

To let me off the hook? I remember the look in her eyes when she wanted to kill me and shake my head helplessly.

How is that possible?