{"id":30706,"date":"2025-10-30T16:02:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30706"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:02:56","slug":"30706","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30706","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2607\" data-end=\"2738\">He smiled faintly to cover his reaction. \u201cMind if I get another cup of coffee?\u201d he asked the man, then turned toward the counter.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2740\" data-end=\"2896\">At the register, he leaned toward the cook and whispered calmly, \u201cCall the local police. Quietly. Tell them there\u2019s a situation that might need checking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2898\" data-end=\"3045\">Then he returned to the booth, sitting across from them this time. \u201cSo,\u201d he said lightly, \u201cI\u2019ve got a daughter about your age. What\u2019s your name?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3047\" data-end=\"3079\">The man replied first. \u201cLily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3081\" data-end=\"3166\">But the girl\u2019s lips trembled before she murmured so softly he barely heard: \u201cEmma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3168\" data-end=\"3332\">Mark didn\u2019t flinch, though his heartbeat quickened. He kept the conversation going \u2014 about the pie, the jukebox, the weather \u2014 anything to buy a few more minutes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3168\" data-end=\"3332\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30707\"><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>He smiled faintly to cover his reaction. \u201cMind if I get another cup of coffee?\u201d he asked the man, then turned toward the counter. At the register, he leaned toward the cook and whispered calmly, \u201cCall the local police. Quietly. Tell them there\u2019s a situation that might need checking.\u201d Then he returned to the booth,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30706\" 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\/30706"}],"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=30706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30721,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30706\/revisions\/30721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}