I asked Richard to show me the contract in person.<\/p>\n
Not because I doubted Ortiz.<\/p>\n
Because some documents deserve to be confronted on paper.<\/p>\n
Richard arrived shortly after seven.<\/p>\n
He placed a copy on my dining table.<\/p>\n
Eight years had yellowed nothing.<\/p>\n
It was a digital printout, clean and ordinary.<\/p>\n
Consulting and Introduction Agreement.<\/p>\n
Julian Mercer.<\/p>\n
Graham Crane.<\/p>\n
The language avoided my name at first.<\/p>\n
Julian agreed to facilitate access to \u201cidentified ownership interests and decision-makers associated with certain Carter-controlled properties.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then an attached schedule removed the ambiguity.<\/p>\n
Evelyn Carter.<\/p>\n
Vivian Carter.<\/p>\n
East Corridor Parcel 7C.<\/p>\n
The Mercer parcel.<\/p>\n
My family reduced to targets on a business attachment.<\/p>\n
I read the compensation section.<\/p>\n
Fifty thousand dollars after establishing meaningful contact.<\/p>\n
One hundred thousand after gaining reliable access to nonpublic asset information.<\/p>\n
Five hundred thousand upon successful acquisition, transfer, or control of specified rights.<\/p>\n
I looked at Richard.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Julian receive the fifty?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found a payment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSix weeks after the Hartwell benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room seemed to tilt.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmount?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cForty-eight thousand five hundred after intermediary fees.\u201d<\/p>\n
I laughed softly.<\/p>\n
It sounded ugly.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe got paid for meeting me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he receive the hundred?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe're still tracing.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked back at the contract.<\/p>\n
There was a termination provision.<\/p>\n
Julian could withdraw.<\/p>\n
No penalty after twelve months.<\/p>\n
He had not been trapped.<\/p>\n
No threat.<\/p>\n
No debt.<\/p>\n
No marriage.<\/p>\n
He had volunteered.<\/p>\n
Whatever love came later could not alter that.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes this matter criminally?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPotentially. Ortiz will determine that with prosecutors.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo the divorce?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVery much.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFraudulent inducement arguments. Financial misconduct. Credibility. Depending on the jurisdictional issues, possibly more.\u201d<\/p>\n
I folded the contract.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't want the marriage erased.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard looked surprised.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou may have grounds to pursue aggressive remedies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked around the house.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeven years happened. I won't pretend they didn't simply because the beginning was dishonest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not what annulment or similar remedies necessarily mean.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut emotionally.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I had spent too much time letting Julian\u2019s lies redefine my memories.<\/p>\n
I would not let a court do it either.<\/p>\n
The marriage had been real because I had been real inside it.<\/p>\n
My love did not become counterfeit merely because his motives were mixed.<\/p>\n
That distinction belonged to me.<\/p>\n
The next morning, Ortiz asked me to come to his office.<\/p>\n
Crane had not been arrested after the search.<\/p>\n
Not yet.<\/p>\n
But investigators had seized enough material to widen the case significantly.<\/p>\n
Marcus was cooperating under counsel.<\/p>\n
Harold remained in custody pending further proceedings.<\/p>\n
And Julian had agreed to another interview.<\/p>\n
This time, I did not attend.<\/p>\n
I did not need to hear him confess the same betrayal in smaller pieces.<\/p>\n
Instead, Ortiz showed me financial records.<\/p>\n
Crane had used a consulting entity called Garrison Strategic to make the fifty-thousand-dollar payment to Julian.<\/p>\n
The same entity later paid Marcus.<\/p>\n
The same entity transferred money to Harold.<\/p>\n
Three men.<\/p>\n
One intermediary.<\/p>\n
Years apart.<\/p>\n
That was the mistake.<\/p>\n
Crane had been careful with shell companies but sentimental about systems.<\/p>\n
He reused structures that worked.<\/p>\n
Investigators could now connect the old introduction agreement to the recent pressure campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would he keep records this long?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
Ortiz shrugged.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople who believe contracts protect them often keep excellent evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEven when the contract describes something unethical?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCrane probably considered it aggressive business development.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPaying a man to court a woman?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe language doesn't say court.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt says establish meaningful contact.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCowardly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso deliberate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another record showed a payment of ninety-five thousand dollars to Julian eighteen months after our marriage.<\/p>\n
I stared at the date.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat triggered this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe asked him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe says he provided Crane with information about the trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat information?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cProperty list. Approximate ownership structure. Nothing that appears to include account numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow did he get it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom documents in your home.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
I remembered one evening around that time.<\/p>\n
Julian had spilled wine on a stack of papers in my study.<\/p>\n
He apologized repeatedly.<\/p>\n
Helped reorganize everything.<\/p>\n
I had teased him about being dangerous around Cabernet.<\/p>\n
Maybe that memory was innocent.<\/p>\n
Maybe not.<\/p>\n
That uncertainty would be one of his lasting gifts.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he admit taking copies?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the second payment was real.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn't he tell us earlier?\u201d<\/p>\n
Ortiz gave me a tired look.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Mr. Mercer has confused cooperation with revealing only the thing we are about to prove.\u201d<\/p>\n
That sounded exactly right.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs he being charged?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDecisions are pending.\u201d<\/p>\n
I nodded.<\/p>\n
I no longer wanted Julian protected.<\/p>\n
I also did not want punishment merely because I was hurt.<\/p>\n
Facts could decide.<\/p>\n
Courts could decide.<\/p>\n
My responsibility was to stop financing his escape from consequences.<\/p>\n
Before leaving, Ortiz handed me one more page.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCrane\u2019s internal timeline.\u201d<\/p>\n
My name appeared beside dates.<\/p>\n
Hartwell introduction.<\/p>\n
Marriage.<\/p>\n
Evelyn Carter death.<\/p>\n
Trust review.<\/p>\n
Parcel inquiry.<\/p>\n
Infrastructure study update.<\/p>\n
Julian liquidity event.<\/p>\n
Divorce pressure.<\/p>\n
Mercer petition.<\/p>\n
Every major point in my life translated into project milestones.<\/p>\n
Then I noticed one date.<\/p>\n
Three months before Grandma died.<\/p>\n
E.C. counsel contact\u2014unsuccessful.<\/p>\n
\u201cCrane contacted Grandma?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApparently.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found no record of the conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe must have known.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
I went directly to Thomas.<\/p>\n
He was in his kitchen when I arrived.<\/p>\n
I placed Crane\u2019s timeline on the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Crane contact Grandma before she died?\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas stared at the date.<\/p>\n
Then looked away.<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
My frustration sharpened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy does everyone keep giving me truth in installments?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause some of us made promises to Evelyn.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I am dealing with the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou're right.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCrane approached her about purchasing the Mercer parcel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he mention the tunnel?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot directly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid she know that was what he wanted?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cImmediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas smiled despite himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe asked why a man with no freight business wanted access to a dead railway tunnel.\u201d<\/p>\n
I could almost hear her.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Crane?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe claimed redevelopment interest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe didn't believe him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid she know about his arrangement with Julian?\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas\u2019s smile disappeared.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid she suspect?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe asked me to look into Crane.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you find?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat he had advised several infrastructure groups and was interested in old access easements.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything linking him to Julian?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. The payment entities hid that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why the box?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Evelyn believed Julian had not met you accidentally.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sat across from him.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe knew enough to protect me, but not enough to stop the marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe tried to protect your choice too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas studied me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou're angry with her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
That answer surprised even me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love her. I miss her. I know she was trying to help. And I'm angry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish she had told me plainly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe worried you would marry Julian to prove her wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt twenty-nine?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe may have been right.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe often was.\u201d<\/p>\n
That did not make it easier.<\/p>\n
Thomas poured coffee.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvelyn\u2019s greatest weakness was believing good preparation could substitute for painful conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds like me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
We sat with that.<\/p>\n
I had spent six months investigating Julian rather than confronting him.<\/p>\n
Strategically, it had protected me.<\/p>\n
Emotionally, perhaps Grandma and I were more alike than I wanted to admit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened after Crane contacted her?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe refused to sell.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe changed the trust instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n
My attention sharpened.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe required independent valuation before any transfer of the underground rights.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat seems ordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was another provision.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf anyone connected to the Mercer family attempted to acquire the rights through a marital relationship, the trustees were required to obtain independent counsel and suspend voluntary transfer for ninety days.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe anticipated this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe anticipated pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Julian know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCrane?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI doubt it.\u201d<\/p>\n
That explained why Crane needed me personally.<\/p>\n
He could not simply manipulate Julian into signing something.<\/p>\n
The trust had safeguards.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens if I want to license the rights to Northline?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ninety-day restriction may apply if the transaction arises from a Mercer-connected acquisition attempt.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n
\u201cMeaning Crane has delayed me even if he loses.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Northline\u2019s Meridian commitment expired in days.<\/p>\n
A ninety-day restriction could force them to choose an alternative route.<\/p>\n
Crane might not obtain the rights.<\/p>\n
But he could still destroy their immediate value.<\/p>\n
I called Richard.<\/p>\n
He found the provision within an hour.<\/p>\n
Thomas was right.<\/p>\n
The trust imposed a ninety-day review period after any attempted transfer influenced by a Mercer descendant.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan we waive it?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot unilaterally.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTrustees?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey must follow the instrument.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Grandma protected me so thoroughly that I can't make the deal I want.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor ninety days.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNorthline may not wait.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I walked to the window.<\/p>\n
For the first time, Crane\u2019s strategy looked more sophisticated than simple acquisition.<\/p>\n
If he could not buy the rights, he could create enough conflict to make them unusable during Northline\u2019s deadline.<\/p>\n
Then Northline might abandon the route.<\/p>\n
The value would fall.<\/p>\n
Later, Meridian could return with a cheaper offer.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan the court shorten the restriction?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly if we establish that the triggering attempt was fraudulent and that enforcing the restriction would defeat the trust\u2019s purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow long?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can request emergency relief.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere may be another path.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNorthline can extend its timetable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWill they?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe ask.\u201d<\/p>\n
Karen Liu took my call.<\/p>\n
I explained the restriction.<\/p>\n
She listened without interrupting.<\/p>\n
Then said, \u201cWe have a board deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan it move?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPotentially.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWill it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat depends.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn price?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn certainty.\u201d<\/p>\n
I understood.<\/p>\n
Northline did not need the cheapest route.<\/p>\n
It needed a route it could trust.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat would give you certainty?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA court order confirming your trust\u2019s authority to license access.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe're seeking one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd resolution of Meridian\u2019s competing commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you terminate it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur counsel is preparing notice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was something.<\/p>\n
\u201cKaren.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the court clears our authority, I don't want to sell.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI assumed that from our meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLicense only.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAgreed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I want protections for the neighborhood above the tunnel.\u201d<\/p>\n
She paused.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat kind?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cConstruction limits. Restoration. Noise controls. Local hiring commitments where feasible. Emergency access protections.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is becoming broader.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe project is broader.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another pause.<\/p>\n
\u201cSend terms.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grandma had preserved the option because she understood that control could be more valuable than liquidation.<\/p>\n
I would not reduce her foresight to a check.<\/p>\n
That afternoon, Northline formally notified Meridian that it was suspending performance and considering termination based on material misrepresentation concerning ownership and litigation.<\/p>\n
Crane responded within an hour.<\/p>\n
Not through lawyers.<\/p>\n
He called me.<\/p>\n
I answered with Ortiz listening.<\/p>\n
\u201cVivian.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice was calm.<\/p>\n
I had never heard it before.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Crane.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have caused a great deal of unnecessary damage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is an interesting opening.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could have taken thirty-five million dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could have approached the actual owner.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. You approached my husband before he was my husband.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Then, \u201cJulian was an introduction channel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou paid him to enter my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI paid for business access.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCall it whatever helps you sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think this is personal.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou made it personal eight years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you misunderstand your grandmother.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople keep telling me that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEvelyn would have sold at the right price.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you should have found it.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice cooled.<\/p>\n
\u201cNorthline will not wait ninety days.\u201d<\/p>\n
So he knew about the restriction.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow did you learn that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour family documents are less private than you imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marcus.<\/p>\n
Or the stolen file.<\/p>\n
Perhaps both.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou expect the value to collapse if Northline leaves.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI expect rational parties to recognize leverage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then you return with a lower offer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost admired the honesty.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere's the problem, Mr. Crane.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't need to sell.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
That was the weakness in every plan built around financial pressure.<\/p>\n
Crane had studied the land.<\/p>\n
The trust.<\/p>\n
Julian.<\/p>\n
Harold.<\/p>\n
He had studied everyone\u2019s need for money.<\/p>\n
He had failed to understand mine.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can hold those rights for another thirty years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou would sacrifice tens of millions out of spite?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at Grandma\u2019s photograph.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would preserve an asset until someone offers terms worth accepting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou sound like Evelyn.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI keep hearing that too.\u201d<\/p>\n
His calm finally cracked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don't understand what Northline\u2019s project means.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. You don't.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat am I missing?\u201d<\/p>\n
He stopped.<\/p>\n
Ortiz leaned closer to the listening equipment.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Crane?\u201d<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
Then he said, \u201cAsk your grandmother\u2019s accountant what happens to the western tunnel branch.\u201d<\/p>\n
The call ended.<\/p>\n
I immediately called Thomas.<\/p>\n
He did not answer.<\/p>\n
Again.<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
Richard tried.<\/p>\n
Voicemail.<\/p>\n
Ortiz dispatched officers.<\/p>\n
Twenty-seven minutes later, they reached Thomas\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
The front door was open.<\/p>\n
The red ledger was gone.<\/p>\n
So was Thomas.<\/p>\n
But unlike Marcus, Thomas had not packed a suitcase.<\/p>\n
His car remained in the driveway.<\/p>\n
His glasses sat on the kitchen table.<\/p>\n
And beside them, written on the back of an old Carter-Mercer map, were four hurried words.<\/p>\n
WEST BRANCH. CITY DOESN\u2019T KNOW.<\/p>\n
I asked Richard to show me the contract in person. Not because I doubted Ortiz. Because some documents deserve to be confronted on paper. Richard arrived shortly after seven. He … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2591","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\/2591","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=2591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions\/2607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}