I called Detective Hale before I called Renee.<\/p>\n
He already knew.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe're investigating the policy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan somebody insure me without telling me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGenerally, a policy requires consent and underwriting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid I consent?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat's what we're determining.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn't.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand.\u201d<\/p>\n
The policy paperwork arrived from the insurance company under subpoena.<\/p>\n
My name appeared throughout it.<\/p>\n
Date of birth.<\/p>\n
Address.<\/p>\n
Medical history.<\/p>\n
Income estimate.<\/p>\n
Beneficiary: Liam Bennett.<\/p>\n
Face value: five hundred thousand dollars.<\/p>\n
The signature at the bottom looked like mine.<\/p>\n
It was not.<\/p>\n
By then, forged signatures no longer shocked me in the same way.<\/p>\n
That realization frightened me.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow did the policy get issued?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe company says it used accelerated underwriting based on electronic records.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo medical exam?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid anyone call me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a recorded verification call.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at Hale.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never took one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know.\u201d<\/p>\n
He played the recording.<\/p>\n
A woman's voice answered identity questions.<\/p>\n
My birth date.<\/p>\n
My address.<\/p>\n
My late husband's name.<\/p>\n
The last four digits of my Social Security number.<\/p>\n
The voice did not sound like me.<\/p>\n
It sounded younger.<\/p>\n
I looked at Hale.<\/p>\n
\u201cChloe?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe're analyzing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach turned.<\/p>\n
The recording continued.<\/p>\n
The woman agreed to coverage.<\/p>\n
Confirmed Liam as beneficiary.<\/p>\n
Authorized electronic signing.<\/p>\n
The policy became active.<\/p>\n
Premiums were paid from an account belonging to Liam.<\/p>\n
I listened until the end.<\/p>\n
Then Hale asked, \u201cDo you recognize the voice?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cChloe.\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded.<\/p>\n
She had already admitted it.<\/p>\n
According to her attorney, Liam asked her to impersonate me during verification.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he tell her the policy was for?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told her it was estate planning.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat makes no sense.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wanted half a million dollars if I died.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is what the policy provided.\u201d<\/p>\n
I struggled to breathe evenly.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Chloe know he had researched my death?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don't know what she knew at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The policy dated back eight months.<\/p>\n
Before the mortgage.<\/p>\n
Before the scanning.<\/p>\n
Before the incapacity research intensified.<\/p>\n
That chronology changed everything.<\/p>\n
Liam's financial desperation was older than I realized.<\/p>\n
So was his willingness to falsify my consent.<\/p>\n
I asked the question I hated.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you think he intended to hurt me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Hale's answer remained careful.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe still have no evidence of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why insure me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFinancial motive alone can explain fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n
He paused.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople commit insurance fraud for many reasons that do not include murder.\u201d<\/p>\n
I nodded.<\/p>\n
The fact should have reassured me.<\/p>\n
It didn't.<\/p>\n
That afternoon I met Chloe under controlled conditions at Renee's office.<\/p>\n
Her attorney attended.<\/p>\n
So did mine.<\/p>\n
No one used the word reconciliation.<\/p>\n
I appreciated that.<\/p>\n
Chloe looked exhausted.<\/p>\n
Her pregnancy was unmistakable now.<\/p>\n
She sat across the conference table and placed both hands over her stomach.<\/p>\n
\u201cI made the insurance call.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to explain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen explain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLiam said you wanted the policy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would I want him to own insurance on my life?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said it was part of estate planning because the house might create taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat doesn't make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn't know then?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn't understand estate planning.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou understood pretending to be me was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked down.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy did you do it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he said it was easier than bothering you with paperwork.\u201d<\/p>\n
I laughed despite myself.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou impersonated me to avoid bothering me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her face crumpled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know how it sounds.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt sounds accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n
She wiped her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. Do not reduce this to stupidity. You knew you were pretending to be another person.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew you were answering financial questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew my signature was being created electronically.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou did it anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The repetition stripped away excuses.<\/p>\n
Her attorney shifted but did not interrupt.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat changed?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy cooperate now?\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe took a long breath.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I found the spreadsheet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMOM.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her eyes widened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI found another one.\u201d<\/p>\n
My chest tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBABY.\u201d<\/p>\n
Renee leaned forward.<\/p>\n
Chloe opened her bag and removed a printed document.<\/p>\n
Her attorney passed copies around.<\/p>\n
The spreadsheet concerned expenses expected after the child was born.<\/p>\n
Hospital costs.<\/p>\n
Childcare.<\/p>\n
Housing.<\/p>\n
Diapers.<\/p>\n
Insurance.<\/p>\n
Normal things.<\/p>\n
Then came projected funding sources.<\/p>\n
Chloe income.<\/p>\n
Liam income.<\/p>\n
Tax credit.<\/p>\n
My monthly support.<\/p>\n
My trust.<\/p>\n
My estate.<\/p>\n
I looked up.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was budgeting money I never agreed to give.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beside \u201cGrandmother contribution,\u201d Liam had estimated three thousand dollars a month.<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said you'd want to help.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe never asked.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another row:<\/p>\n
Private school – Margaret.<\/p>\n
College – Margaret trust.<\/p>\n
House down payment future – Margaret estate.<\/p>\n
Every stage of a child's life had been assigned partly to my wallet before she was born.<\/p>\n
Chloe said, \u201cThat's when I understood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnderstood what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wasn't trying to get through a temporary crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her voice trembled.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had built our whole future around you paying for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the spreadsheet.<\/p>\n
She was right.<\/p>\n
The mortgage had seemed like the crisis.<\/p>\n
It was not.<\/p>\n
The crisis was the structure of Liam's life.<\/p>\n
His plans repeatedly required someone else to absorb risk.<\/p>\n
His mother.<\/p>\n
His wife.<\/p>\n
His unborn child.<\/p>\n
Anyone but him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy separate now?\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe looked toward her attorney before answering.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter his arrest, I asked him to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStop what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything involving you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said once the baby was born you'd come around.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt nothing this time.<\/p>\n
No surprise.<\/p>\n
No stab of hope.<\/p>\n
Just recognition.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe still believes that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe thinks the baby will restore access.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe began crying.<\/p>\n
\u201cI realized he was doing the same thing to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe kept saying I couldn't leave because I was pregnant.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room went quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me nobody would want a pregnant wife with debt. He said I couldn't afford the baby alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her hand pressed protectively against her stomach.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said if I left him, he'd make sure I looked unstable.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her.<\/p>\n
The same language.<\/p>\n
Unstable.<\/p>\n
Unable to manage.<\/p>\n
Dependent.<\/p>\n
Liam's strategy had not been unique to me.<\/p>\n
It was how he handled resistance.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you believe he'll try to take the baby?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he'll threaten custody.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you want from me?\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked directly at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't want money.\u201d<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want my daughter to know her grandmother.\u201d<\/p>\n
That sentence hurt more than financial demands because I wanted exactly the same thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I understand if you can't trust me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't.\u201d<\/p>\n
She nodded, tears spilling.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trust was not restored by emotional symmetry.<\/p>\n
Two people wanting the same child loved did not erase what one had done to the other.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am willing to consider contact after the baby is born.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe's face lifted.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not say anything. Listen first.\u201d<\/p>\n
She closed her mouth.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo unannounced visits. No financial requests. No using the child to pressure me. No sharing my private information with Liam. No bringing him to my property. No involving me in custody disputes unless legally required.\u201d<\/p>\n
She nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you lie to me about him, contact stops.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I will not pay you to leave him.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked startled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn't asking.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Because I knew myself.<\/p>\n
I knew how easily sympathy could become another rescue.<\/p>\n
I would not replace enabling my son with enabling his wife.<\/p>\n
Before the meeting ended, Chloe handed over one additional item.<\/p>\n
A flash drive.<\/p>\n
\u201cI copied everything from Liam's laptop before I left.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her attorney immediately said, \u201cWe've already provided a forensic copy to law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Renee asked what was on it.<\/p>\n
\u201cMostly financial files.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMostly?\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere's a folder called Phase Two.\u201d<\/p>\n
My pulse quickened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is Phase Two?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hale called me that evening.<\/p>\n
He had reviewed the folder.<\/p>\n
\u201cPhase Two\u201d contained no violence.<\/p>\n
No plan to hurt me.<\/p>\n
No secret crime against my physical safety.<\/p>\n
Instead, it contained something colder.<\/p>\n
Draft legal documents.<\/p>\n
Draft letters.<\/p>\n
Budget scenarios.<\/p>\n
Potential narratives.<\/p>\n
One file proposed sending me a formal family letter alleging cognitive decline.<\/p>\n
Another outlined gathering relatives to confront me.<\/p>\n
Another suggested having Chloe cry during the meeting.<\/p>\n
Another included statements Liam wanted Diane to make.<\/p>\n
Another proposed threatening to seek guardianship unless I agreed to place assets into a family trust.<\/p>\n
The family trust would name Liam as co-trustee.<\/p>\n
I almost admired the simplicity.<\/p>\n
He had planned to scare me with the possibility of losing control until I voluntarily handed him control.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was Phase One?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
Hale paused.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found that too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGet the mortgage approved.\u201d<\/p>\n
The entire sequence had names.<\/p>\n
Phase One: house.<\/p>\n
Phase Two: assets.<\/p>\n
I stood at my kitchen window looking into the dark backyard.<\/p>\n
For months I had treated each discovery as escalation.<\/p>\n
But Liam had organized them from the beginning.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow far did Phase Two go?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMostly drafts.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMostly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne document was sent.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA private investigator.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wanted information about you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat information?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRelationships. Routine. Financial behavior. Anything suggesting cognitive decline.\u201d<\/p>\n
I laughed softly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApparently not.\u201d<\/p>\n
The investigator had returned a short report.<\/p>\n
I attended meetings.<\/p>\n
Managed my own banking.<\/p>\n
Drove normally.<\/p>\n
Maintained the property.<\/p>\n
Volunteered.<\/p>\n
Traveled independently.<\/p>\n
No visible signs of impairment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what did Liam do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wrote a note under the report.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat note?\u201d<\/p>\n
Hale read it.<\/p>\n
Need family narrative, not outside proof.<\/p>\n
I sat down.<\/p>\n
Reality had failed to support Liam's story.<\/p>\n
So he planned to manufacture consensus.<\/p>\n
That was the moment my remaining doubt disappeared.<\/p>\n
He had not sincerely believed I was impaired.<\/p>\n
He knew I was competent.<\/p>\n
He simply needed other people to say otherwise loudly enough that I might become frightened.<\/p>\n
The next morning, prosecutors amended the case.<\/p>\n
The insurance fraud became part of the investigation.<\/p>\n
Chloe was not spared.<\/p>\n
She faced exposure for impersonation and fraud-related conduct.<\/p>\n
Her cooperation might matter.<\/p>\n
It would not erase responsibility.<\/p>\n
I felt strange relief at that too.<\/p>\n
Accountability was becoming less personal.<\/p>\n
I did not need to decide everyone's punishment.<\/p>\n
My job was simpler.<\/p>\n
Tell the truth.<\/p>\n
Protect myself.<\/p>\n
Stop financing the damage.<\/p>\n
That afternoon, Diane arrived at Renee's office requesting to speak with me.<\/p>\n
I refused at first.<\/p>\n
Then I changed my mind.<\/p>\n
She sat across from me looking older than she had two weeks earlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cI'm sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew Chloe hurt you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI shouldn't have minimized it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was trying to protect my daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt my expense.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you supported claims that I was unstable.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked down.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you believe them?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
The answer came immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why say them?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLiam said you were going to destroy their future.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy refusing to finance them was destroying their future?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the time, I thought you were being vindictive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I did not give them a house after your daughter hit me.\u201d<\/p>\n
She winced.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you say it that way\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the way it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
She started crying.<\/p>\n
I did not comfort her.<\/p>\n
That surprised me.<\/p>\n
Once, tears would have moved me automatically.<\/p>\n
Now I understood that witnessing pain did not always require relieving it.<\/p>\n
Sometimes pain belonged to responsibility.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you here?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cChloe is leaving Liam.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe'll need help.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI will not finance her life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn't asking.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane swallowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to help her myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe asked me to tell you something.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe found one final document before she left.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat document?\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane handed Renee an envelope.<\/p>\n
Inside was a printed page from Liam's computer.<\/p>\n
It was a letter addressed to me.<\/p>\n
Unlike his manipulative draft about my husband, this one seemed meant to be sent after the guardianship threat.<\/p>\n
Mom,<\/p>\n
I know you're angry, but someday you'll understand I did this because you were making decisions that hurt the family. Once everything is settled, you'll still have your house, your money and us. The only difference is I'll be helping manage things so you don't have to worry.<\/p>\n
I stopped reading.<\/p>\n
The breathtaking part was not the lie.<\/p>\n
It was that Liam seemed to believe it.<\/p>\n
He planned to take away my authority and call it help.<\/p>\n
I turned the page over.<\/p>\n
On the back was a handwritten note.<\/p>\n
If she still refuses after Phase Two: Phase Three.<\/p>\n
My skin prickled.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is Phase Three?\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane shook her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neither did Chloe.<\/p>\n
Neither did Renee.<\/p>\n
Hale obtained a warrant to search for related material.<\/p>\n
Hours later, he called.<\/p>\n
\u201cMargaret, we found Phase Three.\u201d<\/p>\n
I gripped the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was he going to do?\u201d<\/p>\n
A pause.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeave.\u201d<\/p>\n
I frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeave?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMove out of state. Stop paying the debts. Let the house contract collapse. File bankruptcy if necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sat still.<\/p>\n
That was it?<\/p>\n
After every dark possibility, Phase Three was not an attack on me.<\/p>\n
It was escape.<\/p>\n
Then Hale continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut there's a condition.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat condition?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe plan says he would leave only after transferring as much debt and financial obligation as possible into accounts connected to you and Chloe.\u201d<\/p>\n
My relief vanished.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe intended to abandon everything after making us responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the baby?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cChloe was listed as accompanying him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe didn't know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHer attorney says no.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the first time, I understood the final shape of Liam's thinking.<\/p>\n
If persuasion failed, pressure.<\/p>\n
If pressure failed, control.<\/p>\n
If control failed, escape.<\/p>\n
At every stage, someone else paid.<\/p>\n
The final page contained a destination.<\/p>\n
Phoenix.<\/p>\n
A projected apartment.<\/p>\n
A new brokerage account.<\/p>\n
A target date shortly after the baby's birth.<\/p>\n
And beside one line, he had written:<\/p>\n
Fresh start.<\/p>\n
I looked around my kitchen.<\/p>\n
My house had almost become his fresh start.<\/p>\n
My inheritance had almost become his fresh start.<\/p>\n
My granddaughter had almost become his fresh start.<\/p>\n
The next day, Liam accepted a call from his attorney at the detention center after prosecutors sought new restrictions based on the expanding case.<\/p>\n
Hale told me he had one message for me.<\/p>\n
I did not want to hear it.<\/p>\n
Then I asked anyway.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said he wants to confess.\u201d<\/p>\n
I gripped the edge of the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything.\u201d<\/p>\n
I called Detective Hale before I called Renee. He already knew. \u201cWe're investigating the policy.\u201d \u201cCan somebody insure me without telling me?\u201d \u201cGenerally, a policy requires consent and underwriting.\u201d \u201cDid … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chapter-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1289,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions\/1289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}