Tessa stepped between Victor and me.<\/p>\n
\u201cStay where you are.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor stopped.<\/p>\n
His hands remained visible.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not armed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat isn\u2019t permission to come closer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel moved beside me.<\/p>\n
Victor studied him.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel.\u201d<\/p>\n
My son\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know all three of Elena\u2019s children.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not reassuring.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t meant to be.\u201d<\/p>\n
I tightened my grip on the ledger.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve been watching my family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone photographed my house.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone threatened my children.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard that too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou expect me to believe you aren\u2019t involved?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. I expect you to examine evidence before deciding.\u201d<\/p>\n
The arrogance in that answer reminded me strangely of my father.<\/p>\n
Not his warmth.<\/p>\n
His certainty.<\/p>\n
Tessa asked, \u201cWhy are you here?\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor glanced at unit 318.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause someone accessed a unit on property owned by one of my companies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you monitor every old storage unit personally?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why this one?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Margaret Carter rented it.\u201d<\/p>\n
My skin prickled.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI discovered it after her death.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you open it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI tried.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the untouched boxes.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou expect me to believe that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rental agreement was deliberately structured. Access required Margaret or her designated alternate.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou own the facility.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI own the company that owns the company operating it. Breaking into a tenant\u2019s unit would have created exactly the legal trail James wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel gave a short laugh.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re concerned about legal trails?\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor\u2019s gaze shifted to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore than your father was.\u201d<\/p>\n
The insult landed instantly.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeave Robert out of this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRobert put himself into this years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tessa spoke.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re Tessa Ward.\u201d<\/p>\n
She did not react.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou investigated Hale Meridian three years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI investigate many companies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd your client accepted a settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy client made his own decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor smiled faintly.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter someone threatened his daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tessa\u2019s expression changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI found out afterward.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd did nothing?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI removed the person responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy organization.\u201d<\/p>\n
The calmness of his answer made me colder.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou admit your people threaten families.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI admit people who work around large amounts of money sometimes become criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat distinction seems convenient.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is also true.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stepped around Tessa.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you threaten me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you send someone to my house?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you lend Robert money?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid one of your companies?\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot with my authorization.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel caught it.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut someone connected to you did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor looked at the ledger.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is what I have been trying to determine.\u201d<\/p>\n
I laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou expect us to believe you came here searching for the same criminal conspiracy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI came because whoever is doing this has started using my name.\u201d<\/p>\n
That answer stopped me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor pointed toward the photograph in my bag.<\/p>\n
\u201cI assume Robert showed you Vincent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Robert spent years believing my brother was me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd never corrected him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it was useful.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was the man my mother had feared.<\/p>\n
Not theatrical.<\/p>\n
Not explosive.<\/p>\n
Simply comfortable using ignorance as leverage.<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know my father and Vincent were half-brothers?\u201d<\/p>\n
For the first time, Victor\u2019s composure broke.<\/p>\n
Only slightly.<\/p>\n
But enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n
I opened the ledger to the laboratory report.<\/p>\n
Tessa immediately touched my arm.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t hand him anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not.\u201d<\/p>\n
I held the page where he could see the heading without reaching it.<\/p>\n
Victor stared.<\/p>\n
His face emptied.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJames.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor looked older suddenly.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVincent?\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor\u2019s eyes remained on the document.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father wrote that you could never learn.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor gave a quiet, bitter laugh.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds like James.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou hated him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI loved him once.\u201d<\/p>\n
That answer surprised me.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was my business partner for almost twenty years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you stole from him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that what the ledger says?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt records unauthorized transfers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCompanies you controlled.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCompanies my brother controlled too.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stopped.<\/p>\n
Victor continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have James\u2019s records. That means you have James\u2019s interpretation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you saying he lied?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m saying none of us understood what Vincent was doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was he doing?\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor looked toward the open unit.<\/p>\n
\u201cMoving money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo Dad?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo Margaret.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat question destroyed our family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel said, \u201cAnswer it anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy brother believed Margaret was in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo she apparently believed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you threaten her?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you sabotage the car?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid one of your companies service it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cConvenient.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI spent twenty-six years wondering whether someone used my company to kill my brother.\u201d<\/p>\n
That silenced us.<\/p>\n
Victor continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cVincent called me the night he died.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had evidence that someone was stealing from all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wouldn\u2019t say over the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe thought our calls were being monitored.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI never learned.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen how did the crash happen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOfficially? Brake failure in heavy rain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd unofficially?\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe Vincent was murdered.\u201d<\/p>\n
The word hung in the dusty unit.<\/p>\n
Tessa asked, \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause the mechanic who serviced the brakes disappeared two days later.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDisappeared?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLeft the country under another name.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have proof?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have records.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why wasn\u2019t that investigated?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was. Quietly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat isn\u2019t an investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was all I had.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at Victor.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy was Mom with Vincent?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was taking her to meet someone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou expect me to believe that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI expect nothing from you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ledger.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI assumed that would be your answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why ask?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause the ledger may contain entries James misunderstood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou mean entries that implicate you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean entries that may reveal who actually moved the money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel crossed his arms.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have had decades to produce your own records.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome were stolen.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor almost smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou sound like your grandfather.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tessa looked toward the lane.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor stepped aside.<\/p>\n
\u201cI won\u2019t stop you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I studied him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat easy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cElena, if I wanted to take the ledger by force, arriving alone would have been an unusual strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n
He had a point.<\/p>\n
I disliked that.<\/p>\n
As we passed, he said, \u201cAsk Robert about Andrew Vale.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor\u2019s gaze remained on mine.<\/p>\n
\u201cAndrew Vale.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never heard that name.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRobert has.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel asked, \u201cWhat does he have to do with this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe arranged Robert\u2019s first loan.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho does he work for?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the question.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tessa urged us toward the vehicle.<\/p>\n
Victor called after me.<\/p>\n
\u201cElena.\u201d<\/p>\n
I turned.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not give the ledger to Robert.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father already warned me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat wasn\u2019t why.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Andrew Vale was Robert\u2019s business partner.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared.<\/p>\n
Robert had never mentioned a business partner.<\/p>\n
Victor continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd because seven years ago, when Robert forged your signature, Andrew was standing beside him.\u201d<\/p>\n
The drive home felt twice as long.<\/p>\n
Daniel sat beside me in the rear seat with the ledger locked inside a hard case between us.<\/p>\n
Neither of us spoke for several miles.<\/p>\n
Finally he said, \u201cDo you believe Victor?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAny of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe he knew enough to scare my parents.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat wasn\u2019t my question.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked out the window.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe seemed surprised about Grandpa and Vincent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat could have been real.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe could also be an excellent liar.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel glanced at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re becoming difficult to interview.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI raised a lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n
He almost smiled.<\/p>\n
At home, Robert was waiting in the hallway.<\/p>\n
His relief at seeing us lasted until I said two words.<\/p>\n
\u201cAndrew Vale.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every trace of color disappeared from his face.<\/p>\n
Marisol saw it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that\u2019s a yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert looked toward the door.<\/p>\n
Daniel locked it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert remained standing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere did you hear that name?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVictor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert stared at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou met him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the storage facility.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you tell him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cInteresting first question.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cElena, Victor is dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo apparently is Andrew.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert looked at Daniel.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did Victor say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat Andrew arranged your first loan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat he was your business partner.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that he was present when you forged my signature seven years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
Lucas whispered, \u201cDad, how many people are in this story that you forgot to mention?\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert sat.<\/p>\n
I remained standing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho is Andrew Vale?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was my partner.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWas?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe stopped working together.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore or after the loan?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat business?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cProperty acquisition.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUsing my mother\u2019s assets?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEventually.\u201d<\/p>\n
I gripped the back of a chair.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow did you meet him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough Victor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVictor says he doesn\u2019t know who Andrew works for.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVictor lies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo do you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert looked down.<\/p>\n
I continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Andrew know about my parents\u2019 trust?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you tell him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho did?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe already knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStop saying that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI genuinely don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel opened the hard case.<\/p>\n
He placed photocopies of several ledger pages on the table, keeping the original out of Robert\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you recognize any of these company names?\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert examined them.<\/p>\n
His finger stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVale Strategic Holdings.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked.<\/p>\n
The company appeared beside several unauthorized transfers from more than twenty years earlier.<\/p>\n
Long before Robert claimed to have met Andrew.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat company existed when you were still in college.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel checked another entry.<\/p>\n
\u201cAndrew Vale?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow old is he?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout sixty.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen he could have been involved.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me he started the company fifteen years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe lied.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert stared at the page.<\/p>\n
Something shifted behind his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
He did not answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cRobert.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Andrew arranged the loan, he already knew the exact value of Margaret\u2019s hidden assets.\u201d<\/p>\n
My skin prickled.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought Victor told him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd now?\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert looked at the ledger.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe he knew because he helped move them in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel began searching the digitized files.<\/p>\n
\u201cAndrew Vale.\u201d<\/p>\n
Several results appeared.<\/p>\n
One photograph.<\/p>\n
We opened it.<\/p>\n
My father stood outside an office building beside Victor and Vincent.<\/p>\n
A fourth man stood at the edge.<\/p>\n
Younger than the Andrew Robert knew, but unmistakably the same person.<\/p>\n
The date was thirty-one years earlier.<\/p>\n
Robert whispered, \u201cThat\u2019s him.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the back, my father had written:<\/p>\n
A.V. introduced by Vincent. Margaret distrusts him.<\/p>\n
Another photograph appeared two years later.<\/p>\n
Andrew beside my mother.<\/p>\n
Then another.<\/p>\n
Andrew shaking hands with Victor.<\/p>\n
Then a final image dated three weeks before Vincent\u2019s fatal crash.<\/p>\n
My father had written across the back:<\/p>\n
Andrew knows about the ledger.<\/p>\n
The room went silent.<\/p>\n
My phone rang.<\/p>\n
Unknown number.<\/p>\n
I answered on speaker.<\/p>\n
A familiar calm male voice spoke.<\/p>\n
The man who had given me forty-eight hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cMrs. Carter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou visited the storage unit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everyone froze.<\/p>\n
I looked at Robert.<\/p>\n
He looked terrified.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve been watching me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe warned you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho are you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou may call me Andrew.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert stood so quickly his chair fell backward.<\/p>\n
The caller continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe you found something that belongs to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the ledger.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
A pause.<\/p>\n
Then Andrew Vale laughed softly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou sound exactly like your mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tessa stepped between Victor and me. \u201cStay where you are.\u201d Victor stopped. His hands remained visible. \u201cI\u2019m not armed.\u201d \u201cThat isn\u2019t permission to come closer.\u201d Daniel moved beside me. Victor … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8120","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\/8120","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=8120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8160,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8120\/revisions\/8160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}