{"id":25839,"date":"2025-08-17T23:29:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T23:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25839"},"modified":"2025-08-17T23:30:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T23:30:04","slug":"25839","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25839","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A jolt of fear ran through me. I didn\u2019t know anyone at the parade wearing a funny hat. The realization hit me hard\u2014someone had tried to lure Marcus away.<\/p>\n<p>The officer\u2019s face mirrored my concern. \u201cWe\u2019ll look into this. For now, make sure to keep a close watch on him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I nodded, grateful for the officer\u2019s presence. As he walked away, he turned back with a reassuring smile. \u201cIt\u2019s good Marcus spoke up. Sometimes, kids notice things we don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I hugged Marcus tightly, my heart still racing. \u201cRemember, Marcus, never go anywhere with strangers, okay?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25841\"><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>A jolt of fear ran through me. I didn\u2019t know anyone at the parade wearing a funny hat. The realization hit me hard\u2014someone had tried to lure Marcus away. The officer\u2019s face mirrored my concern. \u201cWe\u2019ll look into this. For now, make sure to keep a close watch on him.\u201d I nodded, grateful for the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25839\" 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\/25839"}],"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=25839"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25843,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25839\/revisions\/25843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}