{"id":55798,"date":"2025-03-19T10:22:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T10:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=55798"},"modified":"2025-03-19T10:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T10:22:31","slug":"pregnant-taxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=55798","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant Taxi\u00a0>>>>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-882-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-882-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-882-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-882-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-882.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I knocked gently on the car window. The little boy\u2019s eyes widened before he ducked under the blanket. A moment later, the driver\u2019s side door opened, and Celia stepped out, arms crossed. Her face was pale, exhausted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat are you doing here?\u201d she asked, her voice wary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I swallowed hard. \u201cI needed to find you. I\u2014I made a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She scoffed. \u201cA little late for that, don\u2019t you think?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I nodded. \u201cIt is. And I can\u2019t take back what I did, but I can try to make it right.\u201d I hesitated, then pulled an envelope from my coat pocket. \u201cI have a job for you. If you want it.\u201d I held out the envelope. \u201cAnd this\u2014it\u2019s not much, but it should cover a motel for a few nights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Celia stared at the envelope, her hands trembling. Her eyes glistened, and she exhaled sharply. \u201cI don\u2019t know what to say.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSay yes,\u201d I whispered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A long silence stretched between us before she finally reached out, taking the envelope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOkay,\u201d she said softly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=55789\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I knocked gently on the car window. The little boy\u2019s eyes widened before he ducked under the blanket. A moment later, the driver\u2019s side door opened, and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55800,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55798\/revisions\/55800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}