{"id":25487,"date":"2025-08-13T12:06:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25487"},"modified":"2025-08-13T12:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:09:41","slug":"25487","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25487","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care,\u201d he barked. \u201cYou\u2019re the maid. Not the mother. Not anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The moment Lily left her arms, the baby screamed. Her little hands clawed at the air, her sobs shrill and panicked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShh, Lily\u2026 it\u2019s okay, sweetheart. I\u2019m here,\u201d Nathaniel whispered awkwardly, but the child only cried harder, writhing in his arms, red-faced and gasping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy won\u2019t she stop?\u201d he muttered.<\/p>\n<p>Maya\u2019s voice was quiet but steady. \u201cI tried everything. She only sleeps if I hold her. That\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nathaniel\u2019s jaw tightened. He stood frozen, as if unsure whether to believe her. The baby\u2019s cries grew more desperate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive her back to me,\u201d Maya said, her tone firm now.<\/p>\n<p>His eyes narrowed. \u201cI said\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s scared,\u201d Maya cut in. \u201cYou\u2019re scaring her. Give her back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25489\"><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>\u201cI don\u2019t care,\u201d he barked. \u201cYou\u2019re the maid. Not the mother. Not anything.\u201d The moment Lily left her arms, the baby screamed. Her little hands clawed at the air, her sobs shrill and panicked. \u201cShh, Lily\u2026 it\u2019s okay, sweetheart. I\u2019m here,\u201d Nathaniel whispered awkwardly, but the child only cried harder, writhing in his arms, red-faced&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25487\" 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\/25487"}],"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=25487"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25497,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25487\/revisions\/25497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}