{"id":25253,"date":"2025-08-07T15:12:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25253"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:15:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:15:57","slug":"25253","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25253","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He pressed play, and the courtroom was filled with the crackling sound of a recorded conversation. Damian\u2019s voice was unmistakable, stern and insistent. \u201cZaden, you have to tell them you want to live with me. Just say it,\u201d the voice commanded. \u201cThings will be better. You\u2019ll have more fun, more games. You don\u2019t want to disappoint your dad, do you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My heart sank and soared all at once, torn between anger at Damian\u2019s manipulation and pride in Zaden\u2019s courage. The courtroom seemed to lean in, every person straining to catch every word.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25255\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23467\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1-768x191.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He pressed play, and the courtroom was filled with the crackling sound of a recorded conversation. Damian\u2019s voice was unmistakable, stern and insistent. \u201cZaden, you have to tell them you want to live with me. Just say it,\u201d the voice commanded. \u201cThings will be better. You\u2019ll have more fun, more games. You don\u2019t want to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25253\" 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\/25253"}],"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=25253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25261,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25253\/revisions\/25261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}