{"id":30875,"date":"2025-10-30T16:32:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30875"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:33:26","slug":"30875","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30875","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1338\" data-end=\"1452\">After fifteen months in Afghanistan, I thought I was done with war. Instead, I found one waiting for me at home.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1454\" data-end=\"1628\">When I drove back, I saw him through the window\u2014Eric, beer in hand, lounging on my couch like he owned the place. Megan sat across from him, rigid, guilt clouding her eyes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1630\" data-end=\"1666\">I knocked once and stepped inside.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1668\" data-end=\"1737\">\u201cWhere\u2019s Sophie supposed to sleep tonight, Eric? The garage again?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1739\" data-end=\"1760\">His smirk faltered.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1762\" data-end=\"1819\">\u201cShe needed discipline. Megan agrees, don\u2019t you, babe?\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1821\" data-end=\"1874\">Megan looked away, silent tears streaking her face.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1876\" data-end=\"1990\">I took a step closer, my voice low but steady. \u201cDiscipline doesn\u2019t mean starving a child. You\u2019re finished here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1876\" data-end=\"1990\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30876\"><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>After fifteen months in Afghanistan, I thought I was done with war. Instead, I found one waiting for me at home. When I drove back, I saw him through the window\u2014Eric, beer in hand, lounging on my couch like he owned the place. Megan sat across from him, rigid, guilt clouding her eyes. I knocked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30875\" 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\/30875"}],"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=30875"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30887,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30875\/revisions\/30887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}