{"id":30399,"date":"2025-10-28T14:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30399"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:33:17","slug":"30399","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30399","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aiki\u2019s head snapped toward me. \u201cWhy did you laugh?\u201d Her voice was sharp, suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>I kept my eyes on the screen, feigning innocence. \u201cOh, the physical comedy is funny. The way he fell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Sore wa\u2026<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u201d her mother muttered from the armchair. \u201c<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">That was strange.<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Un\u2026<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u201d Aiki agreed quietly. \u201c<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Yeah.<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A few nights later at dinner, I decided to twist the knife a little. Robert was carving a roast while the women set the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know,\u201d I said casually, reaching for the potatoes, \u201cI was thinking about downloading Duolingo for Japanese. It would be nice to understand what you and your mom talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30400\"><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>Aiki\u2019s head snapped toward me. \u201cWhy did you laugh?\u201d Her voice was sharp, suspicious. I kept my eyes on the screen, feigning innocence. \u201cOh, the physical comedy is funny. The way he fell.\u201d \u201cSore wa\u2026\u201d her mother muttered from the armchair. \u201cThat was strange.\u201d \u201cUn\u2026\u201d Aiki agreed quietly. \u201cYeah.\u201d A few nights later at dinner,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30399\" 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\/30399"}],"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=30399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30415,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30399\/revisions\/30415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}