Rachel did not let me confront Marcus.<\/p>\n
Every part of me wanted to turn around, walk back through Mercer\u2019s glass doors, place the amendment in front of him, and ask him whose hand had written my name.<\/p>\n
Rachel physically stepped between me and the entrance.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s right there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe forged my signature.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t know that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he filed the amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAn amendment packet identifying him as requesting party.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s lawyer language.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s accurate language.\u201d<\/p>\n
I hated accuracy at that moment.<\/p>\n
Accuracy felt weak compared with anger.<\/p>\n
But anger was what Marcus expected from me.<\/p>\n
For years, he had depended on my emotions arriving faster than my preparation.<\/p>\n
So I folded the document and handed it back to Vanessa.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do we do?\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel\u2019s expression softened slightly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat question is why you hired us.\u201d<\/p>\n
We moved to a caf\u00e9 two blocks away, choosing a rear table where nobody sat close enough to overhear.<\/p>\n
Vanessa laid out the timeline.<\/p>\n
Six years earlier, roughly eleven months after my father died, Marcus requested modification of the Carter successor trust.<\/p>\n
The proposed amendment would have converted dormant succession shares into a new class of voting shares controlled by Ellison Freight\u2019s executive management.<\/p>\n
Executive management meant Marcus.<\/p>\n
If accepted, the amendment would have effectively moved control away from the trust.<\/p>\n
Away from me.<\/p>\n
The packet included what appeared to be my consent.<\/p>\n
But the notary block was incomplete.<\/p>\n
The filing authority rejected it.<\/p>\n
Marcus never resubmitted.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
Vanessa shook her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s one of the questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel stared at the timeline.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe he thought the first filing was sufficient.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d Vanessa said. \u201cThe rejection notice was mailed to counsel and the requesting party.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMercer?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel tapped the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen Marcus knew it failed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Most likely.<\/p>\n
The phrase sat unspoken between us.<\/p>\n
I looked through the caf\u00e9 window at people moving along the sidewalk.<\/p>\n
Six years.<\/p>\n
Marcus had known for six years that the amendment failed.<\/p>\n
Why had he continued behaving as though nothing were wrong?<\/p>\n
Vanessa supplied one possibility.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause operationally nothing changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
She explained that corporations often function for years under imperfect ownership records so long as nobody challenges them.<\/p>\n
Banks recognized Marcus as chief executive.<\/p>\n
Employees reported to him.<\/p>\n
Contracts named Ellison Freight, not individual shareholders.<\/p>\n
Distributions were approved by boards that Marcus effectively controlled.<\/p>\n
Unless a transaction triggered deeper review, the underlying flaw could remain invisible.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch as divorce,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch as divorce.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel added, \u201cOr sale.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Marcus wanted to sell the company, refinance against ownership, or transfer controlling equity, the problem would surface.\u201d<\/p>\n
Something moved at the edge of my memory.<\/p>\n
Marcus had been meeting investment bankers.<\/p>\n
He told me they were discussing expansion financing.<\/p>\n
I mentioned it.<\/p>\n
Rachel and Vanessa exchanged a look.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d Vanessa asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince spring.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re sure they were investment bankers?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what Marcus said.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel wrote the detail down.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else has changed recently?\u201d<\/p>\n
I thought.<\/p>\n
He had ordered updated property valuations.<\/p>\n
He requested new insurance appraisals on warehouse facilities.<\/p>\n
He spent weeks asking department heads to revise revenue forecasts.<\/p>\n
Julian once joked that Marcus was making the company \u201clook pretty for prom.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the time, I assumed they were seeking investors.<\/p>\n
Now another possibility emerged.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s selling it,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
Vanessa did not respond.<\/p>\n
She did not need to.<\/p>\n
If Marcus intended to sell a company whose controlling equity he did not legally possess, the divorce might serve a purpose beyond ending our marriage.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does divorcing me accomplish?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
Rachel answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he can establish in the settlement that you waive any ownership claims, he creates evidence supporting his control.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo he isn\u2019t just trying to keep the company.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe may be trying to cure the title problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n
The divorce petition suddenly looked different.<\/p>\n
Not emotional.<\/p>\n
Strategic.<\/p>\n
Marcus had listed Ellison Freight as separate property.<\/p>\n
He wanted me to sign a settlement acknowledging it.<\/p>\n
Once signed, he might take that agreement to investors, lenders, or buyers and say his ownership was uncontested.<\/p>\n
The divorce was not merely a consequence of what he wanted.<\/p>\n
It might be part of how he planned to get it.<\/p>\n
I remembered his Thursday call.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want this to turn ugly.<\/p>\n
Translation: sign quickly.<\/p>\n
I looked at Rachel.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan we find out whether he\u2019s selling?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow quickly?\u201d<\/p>\n
She gave me a look.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not breaking into his email.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t ask you to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were thinking creatively.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite everything, I smiled.<\/p>\n
Vanessa said corporate filings might reveal liens or transaction preparation. Rachel could request documents in discovery. Public records might identify investment-banking engagements.<\/p>\n
But there was another route.<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s board.<\/p>\n
I was still, legally, a shareholder representative through the trust.<\/p>\n
Perhaps more than that.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan I demand information?\u201d<\/p>\n
Vanessa nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI need to confirm the bylaws.\u201d<\/p>\n
My phone rang.<\/p>\n
Julian.<\/p>\n
Marcus\u2019s brother rarely called me directly.<\/p>\n
I watched it buzz.<\/p>\n
Rachel said, \u201cAnswer if you normally would.\u201d<\/p>\n
I put the phone to my ear.<\/p>\n
\u201cHi, Julian.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHey.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice sounded wrong.<\/p>\n
Too quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything okay?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Marcus tell you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout the divorce?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDamn.\u201d<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
Julian had always been easier to read than Marcus. He hated silence and filled it quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said you guys were basically separated already.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe weren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another pause.<\/p>\n
Then: \u201cListen, I don\u2019t want to get involved.\u201d<\/p>\n
People always said that immediately before getting involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think you should know something.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel leaned toward me.<\/p>\n
I switched the call to speaker without announcing it.<\/p>\n
Julian continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus is telling everyone not to answer questions from you about the company.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat questions?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything financial.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe says your lawyers might try to interfere with the transaction.\u201d<\/p>\n
The three of us looked at each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat transaction?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cJulian?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn\u2019t know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
He muttered something under his breath.<\/p>\n
Then he said, \u201cForget I called.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJulian.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho is buying the company?\u201d<\/p>\n
He hung up.<\/p>\n
Nobody at the table spoke for several seconds.<\/p>\n
Then Rachel said, \u201cWell.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vanessa was already typing on her phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cChecking something.\u201d<\/p>\n
A minute later she stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need my office system.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe bylaws contain a mandatory shareholder notice provision for change-of-control transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n
My pulse accelerated.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I never received notice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what I need to verify.\u201d<\/p>\n
We returned to Bennett Shaw.<\/p>\n
By noon, Vanessa had found it.<\/p>\n
Section 11.4.<\/p>\n
Any proposed disposition of more than forty percent of company assets or voting equity required formal notice to all controlling and contingent shareholders no fewer than thirty days before execution.<\/p>\n
No notice had been sent to me.<\/p>\n
At least none Vanessa could find.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens if they close anyway?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf your rights are what we think they are, you may be able to stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The sentence landed with unexpected force.<\/p>\n
Stop it.<\/p>\n
For days, everything had been happening to me.<\/p>\n
Marcus filed.<\/p>\n
Marcus hired counsel.<\/p>\n
Marcus claimed the company.<\/p>\n
Marcus prepared a transaction.<\/p>\n
Now, finally, there was a verb attached to my name.<\/p>\n
I could stop something.<\/p>\n
Rachel received an email while we spoke.<\/p>\n
Her expression changed as she read.<\/p>\n
\u201cMercer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does he want?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA call.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout the amendment?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe doesn\u2019t say.\u201d<\/p>\n
She dialed from the conference phone.<\/p>\n
David answered immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cRachel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs Simone present?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVanessa?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
A pause.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
His tone sounded completely different from Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Not frightened.<\/p>\n
Careful.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore we proceed further, my firm is evaluating whether a conflict exists concerning prior corporate representation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vanessa said, \u201cThat seems prudent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI also need to clarify something said this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n
We waited.<\/p>\n
David continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI advised Marcus six years ago that the trust amendment could not proceed without valid execution from Simone.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at Vanessa.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you knew the signature was invalid?\u201d Rachel asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew the filing authority rejected the submission.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat wasn\u2019t the question.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was not present when the document was signed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho gave it to you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus.\u201d<\/p>\n
My fingers curled against the table.<\/p>\n
Rachel asked, \u201cDid Marcus represent that Simone signed it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you contact Simone?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI attempted to.\u201d<\/p>\n
The letters.<\/p>\n
All those letters.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Marcus received them,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
David did not answer immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
My chest tightened.<\/p>\n
There it was.<\/p>\n
Not proof of forgery.<\/p>\n
But proof that Marcus had known questions existed and had stood between those questions and me.<\/p>\n
David continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is something else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course there was.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere always is,\u201d Rachel murmured.<\/p>\n
David ignored that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI reviewed the current divorce disclosure after you left.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ownership percentage Marcus supplied does not originate from my firm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel leaned forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere did it come from?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat the company\u2019s current capitalization table was prepared by its chief financial officer.\u201d<\/p>\n
I knew the CFO.<\/p>\n
Ethan Cole.<\/p>\n
Marcus had hired him three years earlier.<\/p>\n
A former banking executive with immaculate suits and an irritating habit of explaining obvious concepts to women.<\/p>\n
Vanessa asked, \u201cDo you have a copy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSend it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI will.\u201d<\/p>\n
The email arrived while we were still on the call.<\/p>\n
Vanessa opened the attachment.<\/p>\n
A spreadsheet appeared.<\/p>\n
Marcus Ellison: 76%.<\/p>\n
Julian Ellison: 8%.<\/p>\n
Management pool: 10%.<\/p>\n
Other investors: 6%.<\/p>\n
Simone Carter Ellison appeared nowhere.<\/p>\n
Neither did the successor trust.<\/p>\n
Vanessa stared at the screen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is fabricated.\u201d<\/p>\n
David said, \u201cI suspected you might say that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid, does your client know you\u2019re telling us this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not disclosing privileged communications. I\u2019m addressing documents used in a court filing under my name.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meaning David was protecting himself now.<\/p>\n
Marcus\u2019s divorce strategy had started consuming the people around him.<\/p>\n
Vanessa enlarged the spreadsheet.<\/p>\n
\u201cCheck the creation metadata.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can do that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it\u2019s preserved.\u201d<\/p>\n
She downloaded the file and opened its properties.<\/p>\n
Author: E. Cole.<\/p>\n
Created: March 14.<\/p>\n
Modified: September 2.<\/p>\n
The divorce had been filed September 24.<\/p>\n
Six months of preparation.<\/p>\n
Then Vanessa noticed another field.<\/p>\n
Template origin.<\/p>\n
M&A_TRANSACTION_CAP_TABLE_FINAL.<\/p>\n
We all stared at it.<\/p>\n
Rachel spoke first.<\/p>\n
\u201cM&A.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mergers and acquisitions.<\/p>\n
Marcus was selling.<\/p>\n
Not someday.<\/p>\n
Now.<\/p>\n
My phone buzzed again.<\/p>\n
This time it was a text from an unfamiliar number.<\/p>\n
At first I assumed spam.<\/p>\n
Then I read it.<\/p>\n
Ms. Ellison, my name is Owen Price. I represent Northbridge Capital regarding the proposed acquisition of Ellison Freight Solutions. Mr. Ellison\u2019s counsel provided your number after an ownership discrepancy arose. We need to confirm whether you have waived your rights under the Carter successor trust.<\/p>\n
I read it twice.<\/p>\n
Then handed the phone to Rachel.<\/p>\n
Her eyes widened slightly.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe gave them your number?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApparently.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vanessa looked at the message.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis means due diligence found the trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens now?\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow they need you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The realization arrived slowly.<\/p>\n
Marcus had filed for divorce believing that isolating me would simplify his life.<\/p>\n
Instead, he had triggered lawyers to examine records he needed nobody to examine.<\/p>\n
His own attorney had recognized my name.<\/p>\n
My father\u2019s trust had resurfaced.<\/p>\n
A rejected amendment had exposed an invalid signature.<\/p>\n
And the buyer Marcus hoped to impress was now contacting me directly because the transaction could not safely proceed without determining what I owned.<\/p>\n
I typed one sentence to Owen Price.<\/p>\n
Please direct all further communication to my counsel.<\/p>\n
Then I blocked the number.<\/p>\n
Rachel nodded approvingly.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Vanessa was no longer watching me.<\/p>\n
She was staring at the capitalization spreadsheet.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
She enlarged a row near the bottom.<\/p>\n
A footnote referred to outstanding secured obligations totaling twelve-point-eight million dollars.<\/p>\n
My heart skipped.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat obligations?\u201d<\/p>\n
Vanessa\u2019s face tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that company debt?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
I remembered Marcus demanding that half the corporate debt be treated as marital exposure.<\/p>\n
The pieces shifted again.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat if this isn\u2019t about selling because the company is successful?\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody answered.<\/p>\n
I looked at the debt figure.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat if he\u2019s selling because something is wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel turned toward Vanessa.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan we get the loan documents?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the trust has controlling rights, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
Vanessa closed the spreadsheet.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday.\u201d<\/p>\n
At 5:42 that evening, she called me.<\/p>\n
I was standing in my father\u2019s old home office, surrounded by boxes of records.<\/p>\n
Her voice was different.<\/p>\n
Sharper.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found the debt facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus pledged company assets as security.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that allowed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder some circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat circumstances?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith appropriate board authority.\u201d<\/p>\n
I already knew the next question.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he have it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re checking.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMore than the spreadsheet shows.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much more?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSimone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTell me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty-one-point-four million.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room seemed to tilt.<\/p>\n
Ellison Freight had grown enormously, but twenty-one million dollars was not ordinary working debt.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he borrow it for?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat problem?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA significant portion appears to have been transferred through affiliated entities.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat entities?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThree limited-liability companies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOwned by who?\u201d<\/p>\n
Vanessa hesitated.<\/p>\n
Then she said the name.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sat very still.<\/p>\n
The divorce.<\/p>\n
The fake capitalization table.<\/p>\n
The attempted trust amendment.<\/p>\n
The sale.<\/p>\n
They were no longer separate events.<\/p>\n
Marcus had spent years treating Ellison Freight as though every valuable piece of it belonged to him.<\/p>\n
Now he needed a buyer before someone examined the structure closely enough to realize what he had done.<\/p>\n
And by filing for divorce, he had accidentally brought the one person he had kept outside the paperwork straight back into the center of it.<\/p>\n
Me.<\/p>\n
Rachel did not let me confront Marcus. Every part of me wanted to turn around, walk back through Mercer\u2019s glass doors, place the amendment in front of him, and ask … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7247","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\/7247","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=7247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7267,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7247\/revisions\/7267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}