{"id":30004,"date":"2025-10-25T15:28:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T15:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30004"},"modified":"2025-10-25T15:28:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T15:28:57","slug":"30004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30004","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She shook her head, tears starting to form in her eyes. Cassie laughed, a sharp, unpleasant sound. \u201cShow your mom your surprise.\u201d When Kay wouldn\u2019t move, Cassie herself yanked the hoodie up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inpage\">\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inner\">\n<div id=\"hbagency_space_218532_3\" class=\"hbagency_cls hbagency_space_218532\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There it was. Three large, intricate symbols running down my nine-year-old daughter\u2019s back. Black, green, and red ink, still covered in plastic wrap. The skin beneath was angry and inflamed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inpage\">\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inner\">\n<div id=\"hbagency_space_218532_4\" class=\"hbagency_cls hbagency_space_218532\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cassie has always been trying to be the \u201ccool\u201d stepmom. She owns a marking parlor downtown, keeps buying Kay inappropriate clothing, and teaches her to wear makeup. Jacques thinks it\u2019s harmless, but this crossed every conceivable line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=16949\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone 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>She shook her head, tears starting to form in her eyes. Cassie laughed, a sharp, unpleasant sound. \u201cShow your mom your surprise.\u201d When Kay wouldn\u2019t move, Cassie herself yanked the hoodie up. There it was. Three large, intricate symbols running down my nine-year-old daughter\u2019s back. Black, green, and red ink, still covered in plastic wrap&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30004\" 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\/30004"}],"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=30004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30007,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30004\/revisions\/30007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}