I kept Eduardo on speaker while Roger led us through the back storage room.<\/p>\n
A steel service door opened into the fenced construction lot behind the garage.<\/p>\n
Miguel\u2019s station driver was already moving the vehicle toward us.<\/p>\n
Eduardo\u2019s voice remained calm.<\/p>\n
\u201cI expected you would eventually become curious.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou sent people after me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI sent people after property that belongs to my family.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mother was your family.\u201d<\/p>\n
A pause.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe made her choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
I climbed into the station SUV.<\/p>\n
Sofia followed.<\/p>\n
Roger shoved the metal cashbox between the seats.<\/p>\n
Miguel got in front.<\/p>\n
The driver pulled away.<\/p>\n
I said, \u201cWas taking Isabella your choice?\u201d<\/p>\n
Eduardo was silent long enough that I checked the screen to make sure the call had not dropped.<\/p>\n
Then he said, \u201cIsabel was given opportunities Mariana could never have provided.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe had parents.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe had instability.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe had my mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mother rejected her obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt something settle inside me.<\/p>\n
Not rage exactly.<\/p>\n
Something colder.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou mean she rejected you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eduardo sighed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are very like her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll take that as a compliment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
We turned onto the highway.<\/p>\n
No SUV followed immediately.<\/p>\n
Roger kept looking through the rear window.<\/p>\n
Eduardo continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI assume Daniel left recordings.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger\u2019s head snapped toward me.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel was sentimental.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew about the tapes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou destroyed his life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. Daniel chose a life he could not afford.\u201d<\/p>\n
I nearly ended the call.<\/p>\n
Miguel held up one finger.<\/p>\n
Keep him talking.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you want?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo prevent further damage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur has made mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKidnapping my sister?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou use emotional language.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was four.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was not dragged from a playground, Elena.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMariana signed temporary guardianship during a medical crisis. Arthur later assumed permanent responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds very legal when you leave out the threats.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMariana understood the agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe spent thirty years refusing your money.\u201d<\/p>\n
The silence that followed felt different.<\/p>\n
Sharper.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Daniel told you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me why.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe money is irrelevant.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEighteen million dollars doesn\u2019t usually qualify as irrelevant.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was never the important asset.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was?\u201d<\/p>\n
Eduardo did not answer.<\/p>\n
Roger leaned toward the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe voting trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eduardo went quiet.<\/p>\n
Roger gave a hollow laugh.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRoger,\u201d Eduardo said.<\/p>\n
It was the first time I had heard his voice change.<\/p>\n
Not much.<\/p>\n
But the name came out with unmistakable contempt.<\/p>\n
Roger\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cHello, Grandfather.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should not involve yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been involved since before I could spell my name.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were given a comfortable life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou mean the money Arthur sent me to spy on my mother?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mother benefited from your discretion.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe died thinking her son had sold her out.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
That landed harder than I expected.<\/p>\n
Eduardo responded, \u201cMariana died because disease does not negotiate.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Harold Benson nearly died because your men do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miguel turned toward the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cAsk about Isabel\u2019s governance papers.\u201d<\/p>\n
I did.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you making Isabel sign tomorrow?\u201d<\/p>\n
Eduardo did not pretend not to know.<\/p>\n
\u201cA routine succession instrument.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDeclaring Arthur her biological father.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat has been her legal identity for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is false.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe law recognizes records.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe law also recognizes fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another pause.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have been speaking to journalists.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sofia stared at me.<\/p>\n
Eduardo\u2019s voice became almost weary.<\/p>\n
\u201cElena, public scandal will not restore your mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will not change who raised Isabel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will not give you the childhood you think was stolen.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the city lights flashing past the window.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why destroy another woman\u2019s life?\u201d<\/p>\n
That question hurt because it was the first thing he had said that sounded remotely human.<\/p>\n
Isabel did have a life.<\/p>\n
Friends.<\/p>\n
Work.<\/p>\n
Memories.<\/p>\n
Maybe affection for Arthur.<\/p>\n
Maybe love.<\/p>\n
Truth would not enter that life cleanly.<\/p>\n
It would tear through it.<\/p>\n
Eduardo knew that.<\/p>\n
He was counting on it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not destroying it,\u201d I said. \u201cYou built it on a lie.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome lies are merciful.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mother didn\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mother mistook suffering for virtue.\u201d<\/p>\n
I thought of the patched sweater.<\/p>\n
The unread bills.<\/p>\n
The cheap coffee.<\/p>\n
The money she would not touch.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I said. \u201cShe understood the price you put on silence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eduardo exhaled.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome to the hotel at seven-thirty. Alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not coming alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou will if you want the full truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI already have documents.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have fragments.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you offering?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe settlement account.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger grabbed my arm.<\/p>\n
I pulled free.<\/p>\n
Eduardo continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll eighteen million, released immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne signature.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou sign an acknowledgement that Mariana accepted the 1998 settlement and intended its terms to bind her descendants.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miguel whispered, \u201cAbsolutely not.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad warned me about that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. Daniel romanticized resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens if I sign?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe matter ends.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor you. For Roger. For Isabel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if I don\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen the past becomes public.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re threatening me with exactly what I want.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eduardo\u2019s voice softened.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am warning you that truth does not distribute pain fairly.\u201d<\/p>\n
That stayed with me.<\/p>\n
Then he added, \u201cAsk Roger why Isabel can never learn who he is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger went rigid.<\/p>\n
I turned.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
Eduardo continued before Roger could stop him.<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur did not merely father Roger.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEnough,\u201d Roger said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour brother\u2019s existence is the central weakness in the entire Aranda succession.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger reached for the phone.<\/p>\n
I pulled it away.<\/p>\n
Eduardo said, \u201cArthur was married when Roger was conceived.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo my eldest daughter, Celeste.\u201d<\/p>\n
The SUV went silent.<\/p>\n
Even Miguel turned around.<\/p>\n
I looked at Roger.<\/p>\n
His face had gone white.<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur was married to your mother\u2019s sister?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
Roger shut his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt sick.<\/p>\n
Eduardo continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cMariana\u2019s pregnancy with Arthur\u2019s child would have destroyed both branches of the family.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPregnancy?\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at Roger.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said coercion.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why are we talking like Mom caused a scandal?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause that\u2019s what they called it,\u201d Roger snapped.<\/p>\n
His voice broke.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s how families like this protect men.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eduardo said nothing.<\/p>\n
Roger leaned toward the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cTell her, Grandfather.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eduardo remained silent.<\/p>\n
\u201cTell Elena why Mom ran.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
Roger shouted, \u201cTell her!\u201d<\/p>\n
The driver flinched.<\/p>\n
Finally Eduardo said, \u201cArthur behaved improperly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sofia made a disgusted sound.<\/p>\n
\u201cImproperly?\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger laughed without humor.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe assaulted her.\u201d<\/p>\n
The words hit the car like an object.<\/p>\n
My mouth went dry.<\/p>\n
Roger\u2019s eyes were fixed on nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom was twenty-two. Arthur was thirty-four, married to her sister, and already being positioned to run part of the family business.\u201d<\/p>\n
I could not speak.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe got pregnant with me,\u201d Roger continued. \u201cEduardo\u2019s solution was to send her away until I was born.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened to Celeste?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe died a few years later.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger looked at Eduardo\u2019s name on my phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat depends on who tells the story.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eduardo interrupted.<\/p>\n
\u201cCeleste had a heart condition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger\u2019s jaw tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe also discovered what Arthur did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
I asked, \u201cDid she know Roger was Arthur\u2019s son?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d Roger said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Isabel?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy can\u2019t she know?\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Isabel grew up believing Celeste was her biological mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everything stopped making sense for a second.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur didn\u2019t tell her Mariana was dead at first. When she was little, they told her Celeste was her mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Celeste died\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Isabel was still young enough for them to rebuild the story again.\u201d<\/p>\n
I pressed my fingers against my forehead.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Isabel thinks Arthur and Celeste were her parents.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd later?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey revised the story. Said Celeste died, that records were complicated, that she should not discuss family matters publicly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause her identity has always been manufactured around whatever the succession needed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miguel muttered something I could not hear.<\/p>\n
Eduardo said, \u201cThis is precisely why disclosure would be cruel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I said. \u201cThis is why disclosure is necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n
He ignored me.<\/p>\n
\u201cRoger\u2019s parentage proves Arthur violated both marital and fiduciary obligations. It also gives Roger a potential claim as Arthur\u2019s biological son.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want his money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is irrelevant.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eduardo continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Roger\u2019s parentage becomes public before Isabel signs tomorrow, the board could challenge Arthur\u2019s authority and suspend the succession package.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miguel turned around fully.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that\u2019s why Arthur wants the documents.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe needs Isabel locked in as daughter and successor before anyone establishes me as his son.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the metal cashbox.<\/p>\n
Dad had kept evidence.<\/p>\n
Not merely of Isabella\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n
Of Roger\u2019s.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs there proof?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
Roger nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cDNA.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sofia stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou already tested?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDad did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore he died.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Arthur?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen how?\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger swallowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Eduardo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the phone.<\/p>\n
Eduardo stopped speaking.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrandfather?\u201d<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
Roger smiled bitterly.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow he\u2019s quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow did Dad get Eduardo\u2019s DNA?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHarold helped.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes the test prove Roger is related to him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. And combined with medical records and blood type data, it supports Arthur\u2019s paternity strongly enough to demand court testing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miguel held out his hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger tapped the cashbox.<\/p>\n
\u201cOriginal report is in there.\u201d<\/p>\n
My heart began pounding faster.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need copies immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miguel nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going back to the station.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d Roger said.<\/p>\n
All of us looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they know the garage was compromised, the station is obvious.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miguel frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy newsroom has security.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur has attorneys, politicians, police contacts, and private security. Eduardo has more.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen where?\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom\u2019s house.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the first place they\u2019ll search.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey already did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat makes you think they won\u2019t return?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Dad built something there nobody knows about except me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course he had.<\/p>\n
Another hidden compartment.<\/p>\n
Another layer.<\/p>\n
Our parents had apparently spent half their lives constructing places to hide evidence from people who could buy entire buildings.<\/p>\n
Eduardo finally spoke again.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are making a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n
I held the phone closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen come stop me yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI will see you in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds like a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, Elena.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the first time, the old man sounded almost sad.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a certainty.\u201d<\/p>\n
He ended the call.<\/p>\n
We drove to Mom\u2019s house through streets washed clean by rain.<\/p>\n
Miguel arranged for two station employees to meet us nearby.<\/p>\n
Roger insisted they stay outside.<\/p>\n
Inside, the house looked violated.<\/p>\n
Drawers open.<\/p>\n
Cushions overturned.<\/p>\n
Closet doors hanging wide.<\/p>\n
Mom\u2019s photograph albums scattered across the floor.<\/p>\n
I stepped over one and saw my first-grade picture staring upward.<\/p>\n
Sofia knelt to pick it up.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
My voice came out harder than intended.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll do it later.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger led us to the laundry room.<\/p>\n
He removed the dryer vent cover.<\/p>\n
Behind it was a small lever.<\/p>\n
The shelving unit beside the washer shifted forward.<\/p>\n
Miguel stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour father was either brilliant or deeply paranoid.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth,\u201d Roger said.<\/p>\n
Behind the shelf was a narrow cavity.<\/p>\n
Inside sat a plastic document case and an old laptop wrapped in towels.<\/p>\n
Roger pulled them out.<\/p>\n
The case held test results.<\/p>\n
Medical records.<\/p>\n
Copies of correspondence.<\/p>\n
And one sealed envelope addressed to:<\/p>\n
ISABELLA MARIANA LOPEZ.<\/p>\n
My fingers froze.<\/p>\n
Mom\u2019s handwriting.<\/p>\n
Roger whispered, \u201cI\u2019ve never opened it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The envelope was thick.<\/p>\n
Heavy.<\/p>\n
Written across the back were six words.<\/p>\n
ONLY IF SHE LEARNS THE TRUTH.<\/p>\n
I held it against my chest.<\/p>\n
Sofia\u2019s eyes softened.<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then the old laptop chimed.<\/p>\n
Roger had plugged it into the wall.<\/p>\n
The screen flickered.<\/p>\n
A password prompt appeared.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s the password?\u201d Miguel asked.<\/p>\n
Roger shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at it.<\/p>\n
Then remembered Mom\u2019s grocery list.<\/p>\n
Her habit of using meaningful dates because she claimed nobody could remember random passwords.<\/p>\n
I typed Isabella\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n
10031987.<\/p>\n
The screen opened.<\/p>\n
Roger stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cElena.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
A folder sat on the desktop.<\/p>\n
ISABEL.<\/p>\n
Another folder.<\/p>\n
EDUARDO.<\/p>\n
And a third.<\/p>\n
IF I DIE BEFORE I CAN TELL ELENA.<\/p>\n
I opened the third folder.<\/p>\n
There was one video file.<\/p>\n
Mom appeared on screen.<\/p>\n
Thin.<\/p>\n
Head wrapped in a scarf.<\/p>\n
Recorded during chemotherapy.<\/p>\n
She looked directly into the camera.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re watching this, then Eduardo waited me out.\u201d<\/p>\n
I covered my mouth.<\/p>\n
Mom continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hoped he would die before I did.\u201d<\/p>\n
A faint smile.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe always hated when I was impolite.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tears blurred the screen.<\/p>\n
Then her expression changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cElena, there is something neither Roger nor your father knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger stepped closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mom looked into the camera as though she could see all of us.<\/p>\n
\u201cIsabella was not the only child the Arandas took from me.\u201d<\/p>\n
I kept Eduardo on speaker while Roger led us through the back storage room. A steel service door opened into the fenced construction lot behind the garage. Miguel\u2019s station driver … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2717","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\/2717","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=2717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2733,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions\/2733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}