{"id":31452,"date":"2025-11-06T09:34:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T09:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=31452"},"modified":"2025-11-06T09:34:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T09:34:03","slug":"31452","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=31452","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLeftover lasagna in the fridge if you\u2019re hungry,\u201d Mom said, eyes glued to the papers.<\/p>\n<p>I heated a plate and joined them. \u201cWhat are you working on?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom glanced up. \u201cJust figuring out some financial matters. Cassandra and Eric need a bigger house now that Benjamin\u2019s on the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I nodded, used to these conversations. Then a chill went through me. \u201cWhy do you have my college paperwork?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cassandra sighed dramatically. \u201cWe might as well tell her, Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom straightened the papers and looked at me with that familiar expression\u2014the one that always preceded me being asked to sacrifice. \u201cHazel, we need to discuss your college plans. With Cassandra expecting again, they really need a four-bedroom house. Eric\u2019s bonus wasn\u2019t as large as expected this year and they\u2019re a bit stretched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=31455\"><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>\u201cLeftover lasagna in the fridge if you\u2019re hungry,\u201d Mom said, eyes glued to the papers. I heated a plate and joined them. \u201cWhat are you working on?\u201d Mom glanced up. \u201cJust figuring out some financial matters. Cassandra and Eric need a bigger house now that Benjamin\u2019s on the way.\u201d I nodded, used to these conversations&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=31452\" 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\/31452"}],"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=31452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31467,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31452\/revisions\/31467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}