The threat on my phone changed the atmosphere in Samuel's office faster than any legal document had.<\/p>\n
Until then, every discovery had pointed backward.<\/p>\n
Money already transferred.<\/p>\n
Files already opened.<\/p>\n
Documents already forged.<\/p>\n
Plans already discussed.<\/p>\n
The message pointed forward.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Hayes, if you care about your son, stop digging.<\/p>\n
Someone believed there was still something left to protect.<\/p>\n
Karen photographed the message, recorded the number and told me not to respond.<\/p>\n
Mark objected immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey threatened her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey attempted intimidation,\u201d Karen said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey mentioned me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo why are we sitting here?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause running toward frightened people who have already forged documents is not a strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark paced between the conference table and the window.<\/p>\n
Samuel watched him for several seconds before speaking.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mother is safer if everyone here becomes more disciplined, not less.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark stopped.<\/p>\n
His hands were shaking.<\/p>\n
I knew that anger.<\/p>\n
He had inherited it from Raymond.<\/p>\n
Hot at first.<\/p>\n
Useful only after it cooled.<\/p>\n
\u201cSit down,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
He did.<\/p>\n
That alone told me something had changed between us.<\/p>\n
Two days earlier he had come into my kitchen prepared to help manage my future.<\/p>\n
Now he waited for instructions.<\/p>\n
Karen asked, \u201cDoes anyone outside this room know Dorothy intends to speak with the developer?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot from me,\u201d Samuel said.<\/p>\n
Mark shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven't told anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEleanor?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe knows we discovered the fake signature,\u201d I said. \u201cNot the meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Karen nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel made the call.<\/p>\n
The resort group operated through a company called Meridian Shore Development.<\/p>\n
Their attorney, Patricia Lane, answered Samuel directly.<\/p>\n
He explained that I was willing to meet, provided all communication concerning my property stopped immediately until ownership and authority were clarified.<\/p>\n
Patricia agreed before he finished.<\/p>\n
That surprised me.<\/p>\n
I expected lawyers to resist everything by instinct.<\/p>\n
Samuel ended the call and looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey want to meet tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHere.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
He frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cToo many people know your office.\u201d<\/p>\n
Karen understood first.<\/p>\n
\u201cNeutral location?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel considered.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe county bank has a private boardroom. Raymond used it years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember.\u201d<\/p>\n
Raymond had negotiated one of our parcel purchases there after the seller refused to meet at a lawyer's office.<\/p>\n
He said banks made everyone behave because the furniture looked judgmental.<\/p>\n
Samuel called.<\/p>\n
By four o'clock, the meeting was set for ten the next morning.<\/p>\n
That evening I stayed with Eleanor.<\/p>\n
Not because Mark told me to.<\/p>\n
Not because Samuel advised it.<\/p>\n
Because I chose it.<\/p>\n
The distinction mattered.<\/p>\n
Eleanor had made soup and turned her guest room into something between a hotel and a bunker.<\/p>\n
Fresh sheets.<\/p>\n
Extra blanket.<\/p>\n
Flashlight.<\/p>\n
Telephone charger.<\/p>\n
Baseball bat beside the nightstand.<\/p>\n
I stared at it.<\/p>\n
\u201cReally?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy late husband bought that bat in 1989 and never hit a ball with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat doesn't make me feel better.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt should. It's practically new.\u201d<\/p>\n
I laughed despite myself.<\/p>\n
Later we sat in her living room with the curtains closed.<\/p>\n
For once, neither of us turned on the television.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you regret answering Alicia's pocket call?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
I thought about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEven now?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
She nodded slowly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I would have hung up.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou would have listened from the attic if necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is different. I am nosy by principle.\u201d<\/p>\n
I smiled.<\/p>\n
Then the smile faded.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat if Mark gets hurt because of this?\u201d<\/p>\n
Eleanor studied me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe same trap.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know what you're talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, you do.\u201d<\/p>\n
She leaned back.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think someone threatens your son and therefore you should give them what they want.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey didn't ask me for anything directly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey asked you to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked away.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat if stopping protects him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd what if stopping teaches whoever sent that message that threatening Mark works?\u201d<\/p>\n
I hated her when she was sensible.<\/p>\n
\u201cSamuel said something similar.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat's because attorneys occasionally stumble into wisdom.\u201d<\/p>\n
I slept badly.<\/p>\n
At 2:17 a.m., I woke convinced I had heard a car door.<\/p>\n
At 3:04, branches scraped the window.<\/p>\n
At 4:40, I finally stopped pretending sleep would return and made coffee.<\/p>\n
Eleanor came in ten minutes later wearing pink slippers and carrying the baseball bat.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou heard something?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. I have arthritis and poor judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n
By nine-thirty, Samuel collected me personally.<\/p>\n
Karen followed in another car.<\/p>\n
Mark had been told not to attend the meeting.<\/p>\n
He argued.<\/p>\n
I agreed with Karen.<\/p>\n
That surprised him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is about my wife too,\u201d he said over the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is about my property first.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI could help.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can help by not appearing at every scene where Alicia might later claim you influenced me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Then:<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was learning.<\/p>\n
The bank boardroom looked almost exactly as I remembered.<\/p>\n
Dark polished table.<\/p>\n
Tall windows.<\/p>\n
A painting of the county courthouse.<\/p>\n
At ten sharp, Patricia Lane arrived with two Meridian executives.<\/p>\n
One was a silver-haired man named Thomas Reed, vice president of acquisitions.<\/p>\n
The other was a younger woman named Julia Santos, project director.<\/p>\n
Thomas shook my hand with both of his.<\/p>\n
\u201cMrs. Hayes, I want to begin by saying Meridian believed all negotiations were being conducted through authorized representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sat.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen someone lied to you too.\u201d<\/p>\n
His mouth tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patricia opened a thick folder.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe brought the full chain of communications.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnredacted?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs much as legally possible at this stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Karen sat to my left.<\/p>\n
I had insisted she attend as outside counsel connected to the investigation.<\/p>\n
Patricia distributed copies.<\/p>\n
The first document was dated almost seven months earlier.<\/p>\n
Lakeview Holdings had approached Meridian claiming it controlled a potential acquisition pathway for my parcel.<\/p>\n
I looked at Thomas.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means they represented that they had relationships capable of delivering the land.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRelationships?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey did not initially identify the owner.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel turned a page.<\/p>\n
Three months later, the language changed.<\/p>\n
Lakeview stated that the \u201cfamily ownership issue\u201d was nearly resolved.<\/p>\n
I stared at the sentence.<\/p>\n
Family ownership issue.<\/p>\n
That was me.<\/p>\n
Not Dorothy.<\/p>\n
Not Mrs. Hayes.<\/p>\n
Not homeowner.<\/p>\n
Issue.<\/p>\n
Julia spoke carefully.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe understood there was an elderly owner whose adult son supported a sale.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho told you that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBruce Carter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark.<\/p>\n
My son had become part of the sales pitch.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Bruce say Mark owned anything?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why did Mark matter?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBruce represented that family support would make execution straightforward.\u201d<\/p>\n
I thought of the pocket call.<\/p>\n
You just have to look worried when we talk to her.<\/p>\n
My own child's concern had been packaged as transaction leverage.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep going,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
Patricia turned to the option agreement.<\/p>\n
Meridian had paid one hundred fifty thousand dollars to Lakeview Holdings for an exclusive negotiating window.<\/p>\n
Not ownership.<\/p>\n
Not purchase.<\/p>\n
Time.<\/p>\n
Time during which Lakeview promised to deliver enforceable rights to my property.<\/p>\n
The deadline was December 15.<\/p>\n
Exactly as the note said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens if they fail?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
Thomas answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe payment becomes repayable under certain conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCertain?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the failure results from inability to secure authority they represented as obtainable, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne hundred fifty thousand, plus contractual penalties.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much total?\u201d<\/p>\n
Patricia answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cPotentially two hundred twenty-five thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now I understood Alicia's urgency.<\/p>\n
If the scheme collapsed, Lakeview could owe more than the advance it had received.<\/p>\n
That explained desperation.<\/p>\n
But not the full profit.<\/p>\n
I pointed to the projected resale figure.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would my land be worth over a million to you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas glanced at Julia.<\/p>\n
She pulled out a site map.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour property is not valuable only because of acreage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel had already explained access, but this map showed more.<\/p>\n
The proposed resort was divided by marshland, drainage restrictions and two protected wetland areas.<\/p>\n
My parcel contained one of the few practical corridors connecting the main road to the planned marina.<\/p>\n
Without that corridor, Meridian would need to build a longer access road around three other properties and replace a small bridge.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much would that cost?\u201d<\/p>\n
Julia answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurrent estimate, between four and six million.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo paying me one point two million would save you millions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was the first time I understood the negotiation from their side.<\/p>\n
My property was not magically valuable.<\/p>\n
It was strategically valuable.<\/p>\n
A piece on a board.<\/p>\n
Thomas said, \u201cWe were prepared to increase our offer after January because updated engineering made the corridor more important.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy how much?\u201d<\/p>\n
Patricia glanced at him.<\/p>\n
He answered anyway.<\/p>\n
\u201cPreliminary internal range was one point five to one point eight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel gave him a sharp look.<\/p>\n
Thomas raised both hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe asked.\u201d<\/p>\n
I nearly smiled.<\/p>\n
Then I saw another line in the contract.<\/p>\n
Additional conveyance: shoreline recreational easement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is that?\u201d<\/p>\n
Julia looked uncomfortable.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would allow Meridian long-term access to a section of shoreline.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich section?\u201d<\/p>\n
She pointed.<\/p>\n
The old dock.<\/p>\n
Raymond's dock.<\/p>\n
The place where Mark learned to swim.<\/p>\n
Where Raymond proposed renewing our vows after forty years.<\/p>\n
Where I had scattered a small portion of his ashes despite knowing it probably violated some county ordinance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey promised you that too?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLakeview doesn't own it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believed they expected to secure it.\u201d<\/p>\n
My anger became strangely calm.<\/p>\n
The people behind Lakeview had not merely priced my house.<\/p>\n
They had divided my memories into transaction components.<\/p>\n
Access corridor.<\/p>\n
Shoreline easement.<\/p>\n
Seller transition expense.<\/p>\n
Everything had a line.<\/p>\n
Everything except consent.<\/p>\n
Samuel turned several more pages.<\/p>\n
Then stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cDorothy.\u201d<\/p>\n
His tone made me look.<\/p>\n
There was a letter attached to the agreement.<\/p>\n
Supposedly from Mark.<\/p>\n
My son.<\/p>\n
It stated that he supported relocating me to assisted living due to \u201cdeclining judgment and increased vulnerability.\u201d<\/p>\n
My chest tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wrote this?\u201d<\/p>\n
Karen read it.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon't assume.\u201d<\/p>\n
The signature looked like Mark's.<\/p>\n
I knew because I had signed birthday cards beside his name for decades.<\/p>\n
Thomas said, \u201cWe were told this was provided voluntarily.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel called Mark from the room.<\/p>\n
He answered on the first ring.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you ever write a letter saying my judgment was declining?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel took the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark, I'm going to read something.\u201d<\/p>\n
He did.<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Then Mark's voice exploded through the speaker.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every person in the room heard it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never wrote that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you sign anything concerning your mother's capacity?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAny letter supporting assisted living?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAny statement to Bruce?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI told Bruce once that Mom had slipped on ice. That's it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel looked at me.<\/p>\n
Another forgery.<\/p>\n
Or another document obtained through manipulation.<\/p>\n
Karen asked Mark to send samples of his signature and preserve all messages with Alicia.<\/p>\n
He agreed.<\/p>\n
Then he said, \u201cMom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease believe me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe you did not write this.\u201d<\/p>\n
His breath released.<\/p>\n
That was all I could give him.<\/p>\n
After the call, Patricia looked genuinely disturbed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to reassess every representation Lakeview made.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
Thomas folded his hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cMrs. Hayes, I also want to be clear that Meridian has no interest in acquiring your property through coercion or fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf at some future point you wish to discuss a legitimate sale\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel began, \u201cThomas\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
I lifted one hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo negotiations today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas nodded immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I have one question.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho introduced Lakeview to Meridian?\u201d<\/p>\n
He and Patricia exchanged a look.<\/p>\n
That was answer enough to tell me the name mattered.<\/p>\n
\u201cSay it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patricia opened another document.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe original introduction came through a consultant.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel Dalton.\u201d<\/p>\n
The air left the room.<\/p>\n
Samuel's former partner had not simply leaked information.<\/p>\n
He had opened the door.<\/p>\n
I looked at Samuel.<\/p>\n
His face had become unreadable.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn't know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Dalton described Lakeview as a local acquisition group familiar with the Hayes parcel and family circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFamily circumstances,\u201d I repeated.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I thought of Christmas dinner.<\/p>\n
Daniel asking about Raymond.<\/p>\n
Alicia introducing him under a false explanation.<\/p>\n
They had been gathering information in my son's home while I carried pie plates to the table.<\/p>\n
I looked at Karen.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow long before Christmas did Daniel introduce them?\u201d<\/p>\n
She checked the date.<\/p>\n
\u201cEleven days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before that dinner.<\/p>\n
So Daniel's appearance there had not started the plan.<\/p>\n
He had already been part of it.<\/p>\n
The dinner was reconnaissance.<\/p>\n
The thought made me cold.<\/p>\n
Thomas turned to another exhibit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should also show you this.\u201d<\/p>\n
A photograph.<\/p>\n
My house from the lake side.<\/p>\n
Taken with a telephoto lens.<\/p>\n
Another showed the eastern property line.<\/p>\n
Another showed me standing on the porch watering flowers.<\/p>\n
I stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen were these taken?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cProvided by Lakeview as part of site documentation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The date was eight months earlier.<\/p>\n
My privacy had been studied before I knew there was a transaction.<\/p>\n
One picture showed Raymond's workshop door open.<\/p>\n
Another showed my car gone.<\/p>\n
Time stamps.<\/p>\n
Patterns.<\/p>\n
I looked at Julia.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy did you need pictures of me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn't request images of you personally.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you accepted them.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked ashamed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed the folder.<\/p>\n
The meeting ended shortly after noon.<\/p>\n
Meridian agreed in writing to freeze all discussions with Lakeview concerning my property and preserve every communication, payment record and document.<\/p>\n
Before leaving, Thomas stopped beside me.<\/p>\n
\u201cMrs. Hayes, for what it's worth, I am sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou wanted my land.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat isn't wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
He seemed surprised.<\/p>\n
\u201cWanting something is not the same as taking it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnderstood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel and Karen stayed after Meridian left.<\/p>\n
I stood by the boardroom window.<\/p>\n
Down on the sidewalk, people moved between shops.<\/p>\n
The world had continued normally while mine became a stack of exhibits.<\/p>\n
Karen approached.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe threatening message may be connected to whoever knows the Meridian agreement is collapsing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBruce?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlicia?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I turned.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen we need something better than possibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel closed the contract folder.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have something.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
He pointed to the metadata page attached to Mark's forged support letter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhoever created this document forgot to remove the original author information.\u201d<\/p>\n
I leaned closer.<\/p>\n
A computer username appeared.<\/p>\n
Not Alicia.<\/p>\n
Not Bruce.<\/p>\n
Not Daniel.<\/p>\n
RMercer.<\/p>\n
My mind went immediately to Ruth Mercer.<\/p>\n
The woman who had impersonated me for the notary.<\/p>\n
\u201cRuth wrote Mark's letter too?\u201d<\/p>\n
Karen shook her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe file was created four months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
I frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cRuth had access to their computer four months ago?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel pointed lower.<\/p>\n
The file location included an organization name.<\/p>\n
Silver Meadows Administrative Services.<\/p>\n
I stared at it.<\/p>\n
The forged letter claiming my mental decline had not been created in Alicia's house.<\/p>\n
It had been created inside the senior community where they intended to place me.<\/p>\n
The threat on my phone changed the atmosphere in Samuel's office faster than any legal document had. Until then, every discovery had pointed backward. Money already transferred. Files already opened. … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7983","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\/7983","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=7983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8030,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7983\/revisions\/8030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}