Margaret asked me not to send the hospital records until she had spoken with the lender\u2019s attorney.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy wait?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause we know what the records establish. I want to know what they believe first.\u201d<\/p>\n
I disliked that answer.<\/p>\n
Not because it was unreasonable, but because I had spent most of my life believing that when you possessed proof, you put it on the table. My husband had been the same way. Receipts went into labeled envelopes. Agreements were written down. If there was a disagreement, you found the relevant paper and settled it.<\/p>\n
This situation was teaching me that facts did not always end problems.<\/p>\n
Sometimes they opened larger ones.<\/p>\n
Emma had returned home that morning. Before leaving, she made me promise to call if anything changed.<\/p>\n
I had teased her about reversing our roles.<\/p>\n
She had not laughed.<\/p>\n
Now I sat alone at the cottage dining table with the second forged letter in front of me and my own calendar beside it.<\/p>\n
Six months earlier, on the date I supposedly promised thousands of dollars to a lender, I had driven two states away to be with Emma during surgery.<\/p>\n
I remembered the hospital waiting room clearly.<\/p>\n
Bad coffee.<\/p>\n
A television mounted too high on the wall.<\/p>\n
A little boy pushing a toy truck beneath the chairs.<\/p>\n
I had spent most of the afternoon texting David because he was worried about his sister.<\/p>\n
There was something almost absurd about it.<\/p>\n
While a document supposedly bearing my signature placed my money behind his business obligations, David had been messaging me from hundreds of miles away.<\/p>\n
He knew exactly where I was.<\/p>\n
That fact should have protected him.<\/p>\n
Instead, Margaret\u2019s next call complicated everything.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lender has provided additional documents.\u201d<\/p>\n
I gripped the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat kind?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEmails.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Sarah?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome.\u201d<\/p>\n
The hesitation bothered me.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne came from David\u2019s business account.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does it say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d rather send it to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
My phone chimed while we were still speaking.<\/p>\n
I opened the attachment.<\/p>\n
The email was brief.<\/p>\n
The sender address belonged to the business.<\/p>\n
David\u2019s name appeared in the signature block.<\/p>\n
Attached support letter from my mother. This should satisfy the additional liquidity requirement we discussed. Please let me know if anything else is needed.<\/p>\n
I read it twice.<\/p>\n
Then I sat down.<\/p>\n
\u201cMargaret.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid told me he didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis says he sent it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt came from an account bearing his name.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat isn\u2019t the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her calmness steadied me.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan Sarah access that account?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen we need to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n
I called David after speaking with Margaret.<\/p>\n
He answered immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid something happen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you and Sarah share access to your business email?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes she know your password?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe handles most of the administrative stuff. Why?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you send the lender my support letter?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThink before you answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sending you something.\u201d<\/p>\n
I forwarded the email.<\/p>\n
He opened it while we were still connected.<\/p>\n
His breathing changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh God.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that your email account?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that your normal signature block?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you write it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re certain?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWere you at work that day?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFind out.\u201d<\/p>\n
He became defensive.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, I\u2019m telling you I didn\u2019t send it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I am telling you to prove that to yourself before you ask me to believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
The sentence hurt him.<\/p>\n
I could hear it.<\/p>\n
But trust had become too expensive to hand out without questions.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re right,\u201d he said finally.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish I weren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll check.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTalk to your attorney first.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI will.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd David?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not delete anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
The call ended.<\/p>\n
An hour later, he called back.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere were you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTrade show.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you prove it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFlight records. Hotel. Photos. I was gone three days.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Sarah?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe stayed home.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pattern was becoming almost too neat.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid she have access to your computer?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould she send from your account?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He sounded sick.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe did payroll, vendor communication, invoices. I never thought about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour attorney needs everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI already called him.\u201d<\/p>\n
I leaned against the kitchen counter.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then David said, \u201cThere\u2019s something I need to tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
\u201cI signed a personal financial statement.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. I mean I remember it now.\u201d<\/p>\n
My chest tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did it say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t remember every line.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid it include my estate?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I shut my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t read it carefully.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not helping you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know Sarah had included an expected inheritance?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew there was a line about future family assets.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFuture family assets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hearing the phrase made me angry.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you think that meant?\u201d<\/p>\n
He was silent.<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew it meant you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The honesty landed heavily.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you did know my money was being represented to lenders.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot as guaranteed money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you ask?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice dropped.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I didn\u2019t want to.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was probably the truest thing he had said.<\/p>\n
He had not forged anything.<\/p>\n
He had not knowingly sent the letter.<\/p>\n
But he had seen enough to understand that my future estate was helping make his finances look stronger, and he had chosen not to examine the details.<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid, you cannot keep calling things Sarah\u2019s decisions when you benefited from not asking questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He sounded exhausted.<\/p>\n
\u201cI signed things because I was terrified the business would collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat explains it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t excuse it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that too.\u201d<\/p>\n
We ended the call.<\/p>\n
That afternoon, I drove to the city house.<\/p>\n
I needed something from my husband\u2019s old files.<\/p>\n
Years earlier, after his first serious illness, he had made both children sit at our dining table while he explained the estate plan.<\/p>\n
Not amounts.<\/p>\n
Not guarantees.<\/p>\n
Just the structure.<\/p>\n
I remembered him saying something important.<\/p>\n
Inheritance is not money you own while your parents are alive.<\/p>\n
At the time, David had rolled his eyes.<\/p>\n
Emma had teased him.<\/p>\n
We had all laughed.<\/p>\n
I found my husband\u2019s estate binder in the office closet.<\/p>\n
Inside was an old handwritten note.<\/p>\n
Not legally important.<\/p>\n
Just his preparation for that family conversation.<\/p>\n
One sentence was underlined twice.<\/p>\n
Our children should plan their lives as though they will inherit nothing.<\/p>\n
I sat on the floor holding the paper.<\/p>\n
\u201cRaymond,\u201d I whispered, \u201cyou really did try.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the first time in months, I cried for him.<\/p>\n
Not because I needed him to solve anything.<\/p>\n
Because I missed having someone beside me who had known these people before grief, debt, and expectation changed the shape of our family.<\/p>\n
The next morning, Margaret called.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lender\u2019s counsel accepts that you deny signing the documents.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAccepts?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are no longer treating you as a guarantor or committed source of funds.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sat down.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo my houses are safe?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom these support letters, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The relief was enormous.<\/p>\n
Then I remembered her earlier warning.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens to Sarah?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is developing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lender is conducting an internal review.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAre police involved?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould they become involved?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked toward the porch.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about David?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are examining what he knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn\u2019t forge the letters.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat may be true.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is true.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret paused.<\/p>\n
\u201cBe careful.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSeparating what you know from what you hope.\u201d<\/p>\n
That irritated me.<\/p>\n
Then I realized why.<\/p>\n
She was right.<\/p>\n
I knew David had been away when one email was sent.<\/p>\n
I knew Sarah admitted copying my signature.<\/p>\n
I knew David said he had not known about the letters.<\/p>\n
I did not know what he had known about the broader financial representations.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnderstood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere may also be another issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course there is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first lender says the support letter was not the only reason they extended credit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounded promising.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut your anticipated inheritance appears elsewhere in the underwriting file.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stopped breathing for a second.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the personal financial statement David signed.\u201d<\/p>\n
There it was.<\/p>\n
His signature.<\/p>\n
Not forged.<\/p>\n
His.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens now?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is a question for his attorney.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMargaret.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAm I involved?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly because your assets were described.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan I correct the record?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe already have.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
I ended the call and sat quietly.<\/p>\n
The distinction mattered.<\/p>\n
Sarah had forged my signature.<\/p>\n
David had signed his own name beneath a statement that treated my future estate as part of his financial picture.<\/p>\n
Different actions.<\/p>\n
Different responsibility.<\/p>\n
Same dangerous assumption beneath both.<\/p>\n
My phone rang.<\/p>\n
Sarah.<\/p>\n
I almost ignored it.<\/p>\n
Then I answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cHello.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard the lender accepted that you didn\u2019t sign.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her relief was audible.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank God.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSarah.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. Listen.\u201d<\/p>\n
She became quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy relief does not mean your problem is finished.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid\u2019s either.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
She sounded tired.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy sister\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the twins?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith David.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHave you seen them?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow are they?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey think I\u2019m away because David and I are having problems.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is enough information for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost corrected her for saying it again.<\/p>\n
Then she whispered, \u201cI miss them.\u201d<\/p>\n
That stopped me.<\/p>\n
For all my anger, Sarah was still their mother.<\/p>\n
Whatever happened legally, the children would experience it as something much simpler.<\/p>\n
Mom was gone.<\/p>\n
Dad was upset.<\/p>\n
Grandma was angry.<\/p>\n
Adults understood causes.<\/p>\n
Children lived consequences.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen see them,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid doesn\u2019t want me at the house.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMeet somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe says he needs time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe may.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat am I supposed to do?\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt the familiar pull.<\/p>\n
Solve it.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not answering that.\u201d<\/p>\n
She was silent.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI keep doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAsking you to fix things.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
She exhaled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll stop.\u201d<\/p>\n
We ended the call.<\/p>\n
Two days later, David came to the cottage.<\/p>\n
He looked terrible.<\/p>\n
Unshaven.<\/p>\n
Wrinkled shirt.<\/p>\n
Dark circles beneath his eyes.<\/p>\n
I made coffee.<\/p>\n
He did not drink it.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy attorney says I may have exposure because of the financial statement.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Margaret?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI signed it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t read it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds so stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was.\u201d<\/p>\n
He gave me a tired look.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could soften things occasionally.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI did that for five years.\u201d<\/p>\n
He almost smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cFair.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then his expression changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lender may call the loan.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan the business survive?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe close.\u201d<\/p>\n
The words came without drama.<\/p>\n
Perhaps he had repeated them enough that they had lost their edge.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the house?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably sell it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you sell before foreclosure becomes an issue?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe think so.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen that may be what you do.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stared at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re really not going to save us.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was not an accusation.<\/p>\n
That made it harder.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou keep testing the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I keep hoping it changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt hasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked toward the window.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to think you had plenty.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the worst part.\u201d<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could fix this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
His eyes met mine.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you\u2019re choosing not to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He swallowed.<\/p>\n
I felt cruel.<\/p>\n
Then he said, \u201cI think I finally understand why.\u201d<\/p>\n
I said nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you fix it, I don\u2019t have to.\u201d<\/p>\n
There it was.<\/p>\n
Not the debt.<\/p>\n
The pattern.<\/p>\n
I reached across the table and touched his hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will help you survive consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will not erase them.\u201d<\/p>\n
His eyes filled.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds like Dad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApparently your father left me a lot of material.\u201d<\/p>\n
David laughed weakly.<\/p>\n
Then he cried.<\/p>\n
Quietly.<\/p>\n
I stayed beside him.<\/p>\n
I did not tell him everything would be fine.<\/p>\n
I did not know that.<\/p>\n
I did not offer money.<\/p>\n
I did not tell him what to do about Sarah.<\/p>\n
I simply stayed.<\/p>\n
Eventually he wiped his face.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need to go pick up the twins.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGo.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stood.<\/p>\n
At the door, he stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cI found something else.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach sank.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the lender file.\u201d<\/p>\n
He pulled an envelope from his jacket.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy attorney said I could show you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Inside was a photocopy of a handwritten note.<\/p>\n
Sarah\u2019s writing.<\/p>\n
Three lines.<\/p>\n
Margaret owns both properties outright.<\/p>\n
Estimated estate exceeds loan exposure.<\/p>\n
David is sole son and likely primary beneficiary.<\/p>\n
I stared at the final sentence.<\/p>\n
David spoke behind me.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe knew Emma existed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe deliberately wrote sole son.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe made it sound like I was the only child who mattered.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He sat down again.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked her why.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sons usually get property.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
He laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told her Dad would come back from the grave just to argue with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite everything, I smiled.<\/p>\n
Then I turned the page over.<\/p>\n
There was something printed on the back.<\/p>\n
A partial email.<\/p>\n
One sentence caught my attention.<\/p>\n
Client indicates mother has discussed transferring cottage to son once renovation is complete.<\/p>\n
I read it again.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never said that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho told them I did?\u201d<\/p>\n
David\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cSarah says she didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the first time since the forgery surfaced, her denial did not fit the evidence.<\/p>\n
If Sarah had not told the lender I planned to transfer the cottage, somebody else had.<\/p>\n
And whoever it was knew enough about my property to make the lie sound believable.<\/p>\n
Margaret asked me not to send the hospital records until she had spoken with the lender\u2019s attorney. \u201cWhy wait?\u201d I asked. \u201cBecause we know what the records establish. I want … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5841","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\/5841","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=5841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5861,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5841\/revisions\/5861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}