Gregory\u2019s attorney called twelve minutes later.<\/p>\n
Mark did not answer.<\/p>\n
The second call went to Daniel.<\/p>\n
He answered on speaker after confirming everyone consented to hearing it.<\/p>\n
The attorney\u2019s voice was polished and tired.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Vale believes emotions are interfering with a reasonable resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat's almost impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel motioned for quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat resolution?\u201d<\/p>\n
Gregory would voluntarily provide documents and passwords.<\/p>\n
He would cooperate with investigators regarding Charles\u2019s role in Samuel\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
He would identify everyone involved in altering Mark\u2019s crash report.<\/p>\n
He would provide records concerning Rachel\u2019s adoption.<\/p>\n
In return, the family would issue a statement distinguishing Gregory\u2019s \u201cpoor judgment\u201d from deliberate harm.<\/p>\n
I looked at Matthew.<\/p>\n
Poor judgment.<\/p>\n
A sedative in my drink.<\/p>\n
A forged consent.<\/p>\n
A termination discussed while I could not meaningfully consent.<\/p>\n
Surveillance.<\/p>\n
Medical records.<\/p>\n
Poor judgment was forgetting an appointment.<\/p>\n
This was architecture.<\/p>\n
Daniel asked the attorney one question.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs your client conditioning evidence preservation on favorable public statements?\u201d<\/p>\n
The attorney paused.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel ended the call.<\/p>\n
Mark looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was quick.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is nothing to negotiate.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat if he destroys the rest?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen he adds obstruction.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe might do it anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark rubbed his forehead.<\/p>\n
For decades, Gregory\u2019s leverage had depended on people believing truth could be traded.<\/p>\n
Daniel refused the premise.<\/p>\n
That itself felt revolutionary.<\/p>\n
Sarah had remained quiet throughout the call.<\/p>\n
Now she stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need Mark to come with me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark looked surprised.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHome.\u201d<\/p>\n
The word carried weight.<\/p>\n
Their home.<\/p>\n
Not Sarah\u2019s sister\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
Not a temporary room where family secrets were being dissected.<\/p>\n
The house where their marriage had existed.<\/p>\n
Sarah looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need to do this today.\u201d<\/p>\n
I understood without knowing exactly what she meant.<\/p>\n
\u201cGo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark followed her.<\/p>\n
They returned three hours later.<\/p>\n
Sarah carried a cardboard box.<\/p>\n
Mark carried two suitcases.<\/p>\n
Rachel saw them first.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah set the box down.<\/p>\n
\u201cI filed.\u201d<\/p>\n
No one needed clarification.<\/p>\n
Mark looked at the floor.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor divorce,\u201d Sarah added.<\/p>\n
The room remained quiet.<\/p>\n
I stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cSarah\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo apology right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean that kindly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
She sat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI've spent days being useful because usefulness is easier than being angry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her eyes moved toward Mark.<\/p>\n
\u201cI held Emily\u2019s baby. I organized documents. I made coffee for your mother. I let investigators use my dining room.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark said nothing.<\/p>\n
Sarah continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd all the while, I kept postponing the fact that my husband had an affair, lied about our marriage and used my supposed unhappiness as part of his story to another woman.\u201d<\/p>\n
My throat tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cI participated in that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at me directly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou did.\u201d<\/p>\n
No cruelty.<\/p>\n
No absolution.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew he was married.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou believed him when he said our marriage was effectively over.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you knew it wasn't legally over.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The simplicity hurt more than accusation.<\/p>\n
Then she turned back to Mark.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou also knew we were trying.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark\u2019s eyes filled.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
That was new.<\/p>\n
Sarah noticed.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn't tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n
She gave a tired laugh.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were in counseling when the affair started.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
Mark whispered, \u201cSarah.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had talked about separation,\u201d she continued. \u201cBut we had also talked about rebuilding.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
She believed I regretted it.<\/p>\n
That did not mean she owed me comfort.<\/p>\n
Sarah reached into the box and removed a framed photograph.<\/p>\n
Her and Mark on a beach.<\/p>\n
Younger.<\/p>\n
Happy, or at least happy in that moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI kept trying to decide whether Gregory caused our marriage to fail.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n
She set the photograph down.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe damaged you. He manipulated you. He taught you terrible things about secrecy and control.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her voice remained calm.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he did not sleep with Emily.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark looked down.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did not lie to me about business trips.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did not tell Emily I had emotionally abandoned you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah inhaled.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I am done allowing the Vale family disaster to make our ordinary betrayal seem smaller.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark\u2019s face crumpled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was somehow worse.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou loved me and still did this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI love you too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark looked up.<\/p>\n
Sarah\u2019s eyes filled.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I am still divorcing you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Love did not solve everything.<\/p>\n
Sometimes it merely made the necessary decision hurt more.<\/p>\n
Mark nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI won't fight you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can respond through counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI will.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe'll deal with property fairly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I don't want you using guilt to give me everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
A faint smile crossed Rachel\u2019s face.<\/p>\n
Sarah continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want what is legally and ethically mine. Not penance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then Sarah looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne more thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not build a relationship with Mark because you think Matthew needs his parents together.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn't planning to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
She leaned back.<\/p>\n
\u201cChildren need adults who tell the truth more than they need a photograph of two biological parents in the same kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark looked toward Matthew.<\/p>\n
The sentence seemed to settle inside him.<\/p>\n
Sarah continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf someday you love each other again, that\u2019s your business.\u201d<\/p>\n
I opened my mouth.<\/p>\n
She raised a hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said someday. Not now.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
So did Rachel.<\/p>\n
Sarah\u2019s expression softened.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut don't turn guilt into romance. That's another lie.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI won't.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
She stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need a hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can stay here,\u201d her sister said from the kitchen.<\/p>\n
Sarah shook her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love you. I also need forty-eight hours without anyone named Vale, Bennett, Mercer, Harris or anyone related to any of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
That actually made us laugh.<\/p>\n
Even Mark.<\/p>\n
Sarah hugged her sister.<\/p>\n
Then Rachel.<\/p>\n
She hesitated in front of me.<\/p>\n
I did not move.<\/p>\n
Sarah chose.<\/p>\n
She hugged me briefly.<\/p>\n
\u201cTake care of him.\u201d<\/p>\n
I knew she meant Matthew.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then she left.<\/p>\n
Mark remained standing beside the suitcases.<\/p>\n
He looked abandoned.<\/p>\n
That feeling belonged to him.<\/p>\n
No one rushed to remove it.<\/p>\n
Daniel arrived later with news.<\/p>\n
Victor Hale had agreed to cooperate.<\/p>\n
The chief of staff admitted arranging the sedative.<\/p>\n
He said Gregory instructed him to make me \u201ccalm enough to avoid a scene.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor claimed he did not know Gregory intended to discuss termination at the clinic.<\/p>\n
Dr. Cole\u2019s attorney had also contacted investigators.<\/p>\n
Cole admitted falsifying the consent documentation.<\/p>\n
The medical board had been notified.<\/p>\n
Marianne\u2019s records corroborated everything.<\/p>\n
The case no longer depended on whether Gregory confessed.<\/p>\n
His leverage was shrinking.<\/p>\n
Mark listened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about Samuel?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHarder.\u201d<\/p>\n
Charles\u2019s statement was powerful but old.<\/p>\n
Thomas\u2019s testimony mattered.<\/p>\n
So did the preserved records.<\/p>\n
But Gregory had been a minor when Samuel died.<\/p>\n
Decades had passed.<\/p>\n
Different legal issues applied.<\/p>\n
The goal, Daniel reminded us, was not to force every moral wrong into a criminal charge.<\/p>\n
Some truths would end in court.<\/p>\n
Others would end only in being known.<\/p>\n
Thomas understood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't need him imprisoned for Samuel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everyone looked at him.<\/p>\n
A week earlier, I would not have believed that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you need?\u201d Margaret asked.<\/p>\n
Thomas considered.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need Samuel\u2019s story corrected.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not murdered by Gregory.<\/p>\n
Not wandered away.<\/p>\n
Not an embarrassing disabled boy who caused trouble.<\/p>\n
A fourteen-year-old who trusted people who were ashamed of him.<\/p>\n
A boy who had a seizure.<\/p>\n
A boy who fell into water.<\/p>\n
A boy whose brother froze.<\/p>\n
A boy whose father paid for silence.<\/p>\n
A boy whose family then spent decades using his death to hurt one another.<\/p>\n
Margaret reached for Thomas\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I need his grave fixed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe stone says Samuel Bennett.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was his name.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas swallowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Charles was his father and spent his life refusing to put his name beside Samuel\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret understood.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want Vale added?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas surprised us.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want Samuel\u2019s own name bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the first time, nobody tried to make Samuel belong to a bloodline.<\/p>\n
That felt right.<\/p>\n
Mark began therapy two days later.<\/p>\n
He told me because our parenting arrangement required disclosure of certain steps, not because he wanted praise.<\/p>\n
The family court process moved more slowly.<\/p>\n
The independent paternity result was filed.<\/p>\n
Mark signed acknowledgment.<\/p>\n
Support was established.<\/p>\n
Visits began supervised.<\/p>\n
Not by me.<\/p>\n
A professional family specialist.<\/p>\n
Mark initially hated that.<\/p>\n
Then he accepted it.<\/p>\n
His first scheduled visit with Matthew lasted ninety minutes.<\/p>\n
I waited in another room.<\/p>\n
When the specialist returned, she said Mark had spent twenty minutes trying to assemble a toy meant for a child three years older.<\/p>\n
I laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he read the label?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds like him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then I caught myself.<\/p>\n
For one second, we were simply two parents discussing something foolish.<\/p>\n
It felt dangerous.<\/p>\n
Then normal.<\/p>\n
Perhaps both.<\/p>\n
The specialist said Matthew had been comfortable.<\/p>\n
Mark fed him.<\/p>\n
Changed him badly.<\/p>\n
Sang to him worse.<\/p>\n
No grand transformation.<\/p>\n
No instant fatherhood.<\/p>\n
Just ninety minutes.<\/p>\n
That was enough.<\/p>\n
Gregory\u2019s next move came through the press.<\/p>\n
A statement from his attorney described him as an elderly businessman facing \u201cdistorted allegations arising from painful family misunderstandings.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel read it aloud.<\/p>\n
Thomas laughed so hard he coughed.<\/p>\n
Margaret looked furious.<\/p>\n
Elaine simply said, \u201cThere he is.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement claimed Gregory had supported Emily\u2019s medical care.<\/p>\n
It implied the clinic visit had been motivated by concern for my pregnancy.<\/p>\n
That was the sentence I could not tolerate.<\/p>\n
Daniel advised against an emotional response.<\/p>\n
So I gave a factual one through counsel.<\/p>\n
I had not consented to sedation.<\/p>\n
I had not consented to genetic testing that night.<\/p>\n
I had not requested a termination consultation.<\/p>\n
Any suggestion otherwise was false.<\/p>\n
Nothing more.<\/p>\n
No adjectives.<\/p>\n
No family history.<\/p>\n
Just facts.<\/p>\n
Marianne independently provided her statement.<\/p>\n
Dr. Cole\u2019s admission followed.<\/p>\n
Gregory\u2019s public version lasted less than a day.<\/p>\n
Then something unexpected happened.<\/p>\n
Blackwell\u2019s board contacted Mark.<\/p>\n
They offered reinstatement if he signed a confidentiality agreement and resigned six months later under an orderly transition.<\/p>\n
Mark declined.<\/p>\n
Rachel stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou spent your entire life wanting that company.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat will you do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
That answer seemed to frighten him more than losing Blackwell.<\/p>\n
For the first time, his future was not already designed by Gregory.<\/p>\n
Thomas smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot knowing is where most people start.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elaine moved out of the Vale house.<\/p>\n
She rented a small apartment.<\/p>\n
Her first night there, she called Rachel because she could not figure out the heating controls.<\/p>\n
Rachel went over.<\/p>\n
When she returned, she looked annoyed.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe knows how thermostats work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe wanted you there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you stay?\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel sighed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree hours.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret heard and looked away.<\/p>\n
Rachel noticed.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon't.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCompete.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret blinked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI'm not.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel pointed between the two women.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou both made decisions about me without me for decades. Neither of you gets to win motherhood now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elaine and Margaret both accepted that.<\/p>\n
Rachel continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have one mother who gave birth to me and one who raised me.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at Elaine.<\/p>\n
\u201cBadly in several important ways.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elaine almost smiled through tears.<\/p>\n
Rachel turned to Margaret.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd one who left.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso badly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel exhaled.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe'll figure out what remains.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not forgiveness.<\/p>\n
Not rejection.<\/p>\n
Something more difficult.<\/p>\n
Relationship.<\/p>\n
A month passed.<\/p>\n
Then Gregory requested a meeting with me.<\/p>\n
I refused.<\/p>\n
He requested one with Mark.<\/p>\n
Mark refused.<\/p>\n
He requested one with Rachel.<\/p>\n
She refused.<\/p>\n
Elaine refused.<\/p>\n
Thomas laughed when asked.<\/p>\n
Margaret did not respond.<\/p>\n
Gregory had spent decades making people come when summoned.<\/p>\n
Now no one came.<\/p>\n
Then his attorney delivered a package.<\/p>\n
No bargain attached.<\/p>\n
No requested statement.<\/p>\n
Inside were the remaining records.<\/p>\n
Every surveillance report.<\/p>\n
Every medical payment.<\/p>\n
Every letter Thomas had sent Mark after the crash.<\/p>\n
Unopened.<\/p>\n
Mark sat at my kitchen table when Daniel brought them.<\/p>\n
My apartment had new locks.<\/p>\n
No hidden files.<\/p>\n
No one entered without permission.<\/p>\n
Mark touched the first envelope.<\/p>\n
His name was written in Thomas\u2019s younger handwriting.<\/p>\n
He looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cShould I read these?\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost answered.<\/p>\n
Then stopped.<\/p>\n
That was his decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou decide.\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded.<\/p>\n
Then opened the first letter.<\/p>\n
Thomas had written:<\/p>\n
You may not remember what Margaret told you, but I will not ask you to believe me because I say I am your father. Ask questions. Demand records. Decide for yourself.<\/p>\n
Mark stopped reading.<\/p>\n
His eyes filled.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me to decide.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Dad hid it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark opened the next.<\/p>\n
Then another.<\/p>\n
He read until sunset.<\/p>\n
I fed Matthew.<\/p>\n
No one spoke.<\/p>\n
Finally, Mark folded the last letter.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn't ask me to choose him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe just asked me to know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere's a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matthew made a small sound from his chair.<\/p>\n
Mark looked over.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan I pick him up?\u201d<\/p>\n
He still asked every time.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He lifted our son carefully.<\/p>\n
Matthew grabbed his collar.<\/p>\n
Mark smiled.<\/p>\n
Then Daniel\u2019s phone rang.<\/p>\n
He answered.<\/p>\n
His expression changed.<\/p>\n
Gregory had entered a plea agreement on the current charges.<\/p>\n
He would admit involvement in the clinic conspiracy, unlawful acquisition of medical information, evidence tampering related to recent records and obstruction.<\/p>\n
Other historical investigations would remain separately documented.<\/p>\n
Mark closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs he going to prison?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel explained that sentencing would come later.<\/p>\n
No predictions.<\/p>\n
No promises.<\/p>\n
The process would decide.<\/p>\n
Mark nodded.<\/p>\n
Then he looked at Matthew.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens now?\u201d<\/p>\n
I understood he was not asking about Gregory.<\/p>\n
For the first time, he was asking about the future without trying to control the answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe raise him,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
Nothing more dramatic was necessary.<\/p>\n
Gregory\u2019s attorney called twelve minutes later. Mark did not answer. The second call went to Daniel. He answered on speaker after confirming everyone consented to hearing it. The attorney\u2019s voice … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6238","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\/6238","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=6238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6258,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6238\/revisions\/6258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}