{"id":15243,"date":"2024-07-26T14:14:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=15243"},"modified":"2024-07-26T14:14:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:14:56","slug":"15243","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=15243","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0obsession that threatened to unravel us all. What we discovered changed our lives forever. \u201cKate,\u201d Ben said, \u201cthere\u2019s something you need to see.\u201d \u201cBen, you know your dad said we can\u2019t go down there. It\u2019s off-limits.\u201d \u201cDad\u2019s not here. Just come. Please.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>His urgency shook me. \u201cAlright, but we have to be quick.\u201d We tiptoed to the basement door. My heart pounded as I turned the knob. It was dark and cold, and I could smell something musty. Ben flipped on the light. \u201cHurry.\u201d I followed him, and what I saw made my blood run cold. The walls were plastered with photos of Linda. Hundreds of them. Linda at the grocery store, Linda reading a book, Linda asleep. \u201cWhat the\u2026?\u201d I whispered. Ben tugged my sleeve. \u201c I told you it was important.\u201d I grabbed my phone and dialed Linda. \u201cYou need to come home. Now.\u201d Linda arrived twenty minutes later, pale and drawn. She stepped into the basement and gasped. \u201cOh my God\u2026\u201d she whispered, tears filling her eyes. \u201cHe\u2019s been\u2026 watching me?\u201d \u201cWe need to get out of here. This isn\u2019t safe.\u201d With my help, Linda and Ben packed their things the next day. The relief on Ben\u2019s face was heartbreaking. They deserved better. They both did.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0obsession that threatened to unravel us all. What we discovered changed our lives forever. \u201cKate,\u201d Ben said, \u201cthere\u2019s something you need to see.\u201d \u201cBen, you know your dad said we can\u2019t go down there. It\u2019s off-limits.\u201d \u201cDad\u2019s not here. Just come. Please.\u201d His urgency shook me. \u201cAlright, but we have to be quick.\u201d We tiptoed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=15243\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15244,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15243\/revisions\/15244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}