{"id":28310,"date":"2025-10-05T11:14:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T11:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=28310"},"modified":"2025-10-05T11:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T11:14:21","slug":"28310","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=28310","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The taxi ride home felt endless. The driver hummed quietly to the radio while I watched the city roll by, imagining the comfort of home which are the feel of my own sheets, the smell of Claire\u2019s cooking and the warmth of her touch. I wanted to believe things would feel normal again.<\/p>\n<p>But as soon as the car pulled into the driveway, that illusion cracked. Claire\u2019s car was already there, parked haphazardly, crooked as if she\u2019d stopped in a rush. That small detail sent a chill through me.<\/p>\n<p>I paid the fare, slung my bag over my shoulder, and stepped inside. The house was dark except for a faint glow coming from upstairs. The silence was heavy and unnatural. I didn\u2019t call out her name. Something deep down told me not to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=28311\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26790\" 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 taxi ride home felt endless. The driver hummed quietly to the radio while I watched the city roll by, imagining the comfort of home which are the feel of my own sheets, the smell of Claire\u2019s cooking and the warmth of her touch. I wanted to believe things would feel normal again. But as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=28310\" 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\/28310"}],"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=28310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28324,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28310\/revisions\/28324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}