{"id":27509,"date":"2025-09-02T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=27509"},"modified":"2025-09-02T15:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:00:43","slug":"27509","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=27509","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The officer hesitated, searching for the gentlest way to deliver the blow. \u201cShe was involved in a car accident on her way to the store. She\u2019s in critical condition at County General Hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owen stood transfixed, the world around him slowing to a crawl. The weight of his earlier words and actions crashed down upon him, suffocating and merciless. The image of Grace\u2019s tear-streaked face, the kids\u2019 cries, and his own anger replayed endlessly in his mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2026 I need to see her,\u201d Owen stammered, grabbing his coat with trembling hands, his thoughts a chaotic storm of regret and fear.<\/p>\n<p>The officer nodded. \u201cI can take you there. It\u2019s best if you don\u2019t drive right now.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=10254\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26790 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-768x191.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The officer hesitated, searching for the gentlest way to deliver the blow. \u201cShe was involved in a car accident on her way to the store. She\u2019s in critical condition at County General Hospital.\u201d Owen stood transfixed, the world around him slowing to a crawl. The weight of his earlier words and actions crashed down upon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=27509\" 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\/27509"}],"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=27509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27512,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27509\/revisions\/27512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}