By noon, Linda had done what decades of family whispers had failed to do.<\/p>\n
She had made the county take Curtis Harper\u2019s death seriously.<\/p>\n
Not his death exactly.<\/p>\n
The possibility that there had never been one.<\/p>\n
The sheriff\u2019s office contacted the cemetery. The cemetery produced burial records. The funeral home produced a file.<\/p>\n
The more paper we gathered, the less certain anything became.<\/p>\n
Curtis\u2019s coffin had been closed at the family\u2019s request.<\/p>\n
His death certificate identified him through Dale.<\/p>\n
The hospital listed on the certificate had no matching admission.<\/p>\n
The funeral home had received the body through a private transport company that no longer existed.<\/p>\n
The transport company\u2019s owner had been Martin Mercer\u2019s cousin.<\/p>\n
Pam read that line twice.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale, who had arrived after police contacted him, looked physically ill.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou expect me to believe Dad staged his death?\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody answered.<\/p>\n
We were sitting around Linda\u2019s conference table.<\/p>\n
Again.<\/p>\n
The room had become the closest thing our family possessed to neutral territory.<\/p>\n
Dale looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw him in the coffin.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everyone turned.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said it was closed,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the funeral.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen did you see him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFuneral home.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFace?\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was covered to the chest. There was bruising.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould you identify him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I could.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you touch him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you speak to a doctor?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you identified a man you expected to see.\u201d<\/p>\n
He pushed his chair back.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou weren\u2019t there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re right.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI watched my father die by inches for years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOr someone made sure you thought you did.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stood and walked to the window.<\/p>\n
Pam looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Curtis ever talk about Nebraska?\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale turned.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAccounts?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother name?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I watched his face.<\/p>\n
He seemed genuinely shaken.<\/p>\n
Then Linda placed a second document on the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s something else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale sat.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurtis\u2019s probate estate was unusually small.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow small?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cLess than fifty thousand dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat can\u2019t be right,\u201d Dale said immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe owned property.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot personally.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about the lake place?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTransferred eighteen months before death.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cC.H. Agricultural Services.\u201d<\/p>\n
The initials made everyone quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cCompany?\u201d Alan asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cRegistered in Nebraska.\u201d<\/p>\n
I thought of the interest income.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho owns it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnknown. The entity was dissolved two years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale rubbed his jaw.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father told me he sold the lake property.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn\u2019t say.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you see money from the sale?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pam said, \u201cBecause maybe there wasn\u2019t a sale.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale snapped, \u201cYou don\u2019t get to act superior when your father forged half the paperwork.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at Linda.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat can we do about the grave?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLegally?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cExhumation would require court approval.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow hard?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHarder than television makes it look.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan suspicion of identity fraud be enough?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly, with corroboration.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSocial Security activity?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHelpful.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMissing hospital admission?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHelpful.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGrandpa\u2019s note?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPotentially.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about eyewitness testimony from Pam?\u201d<\/p>\n
Everyone turned toward her.<\/p>\n
She looked uncomfortable.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou saw the man.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you identify him as Curtis?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI said he looked like Curtis.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWould you testify?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I believed it was him.\u201d<\/p>\n
I studied her.<\/p>\n
That was fair.<\/p>\n
Linda closed the file.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore we dig up a grave, I\u2019d rather determine whether Curtis is alive through easier means.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBank records?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTax records.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan we get them?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot casually.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about law enforcement?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the sheriff opens an identity-fraud investigation, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale stared at the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll cooperate.\u201d<\/p>\n
That surprised me.<\/p>\n
Pam too.<\/p>\n
He looked up.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf my father faked his death, I want to know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I believed him.<\/p>\n
Perhaps because anger had replaced fear in his face.<\/p>\n
My phone buzzed.<\/p>\n
A message from Robert.<\/p>\n
DON\u2019T GO TO CURTIS\u2019S GRAVE.<\/p>\n
I showed Alan.<\/p>\n
He swore.<\/p>\n
I called immediately.<\/p>\n
This time Robert answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot important.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you open the grave?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it isn\u2019t Curtis.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room froze.<\/p>\n
I put the call on speaker.<\/p>\n
Dale leaned forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert heard him.<\/p>\n
\u201cDale?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
A long silence.<\/p>\n
Then Robert said, \u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor letting you bury the wrong man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho is in that coffin?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLuther Payne.\u201d<\/p>\n
No one recognized the name.<\/p>\n
Linda wrote it down.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho was he?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeasonal driver.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor Harper Holdings?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen did he die?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThree days before Curtis\u2019s reported death.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAccident.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat kind?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTruck fire.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pam covered her mouth.<\/p>\n
Robert continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe body was badly burned.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale stared at the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCurtis arranged the switch.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith whose help?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMartin.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pam closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
Her father again.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you know?\u201d Dale asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Samuel and I found the transport invoices.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSupporting books Samuel kept.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert\u2019s answer was quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause by then you were working with Curtis.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was his son.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale sat back down.<\/p>\n
That mattered.<\/p>\n
Robert believed him.<\/p>\n
I leaned toward the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy fake his death?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo disappear from liability before the land refinancing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat liability?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe forged ownership chain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen who was running Mercer-Harper afterward?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople Curtis trusted.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPam?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked up sharply.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Weber was one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everything in me tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe doctor?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cWeber didn\u2019t know anything about the company.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe owned three percent through a silent partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pam whispered, \u201cMy father?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMartin created it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would a doctor be involved?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMoney. Access. Respectability.\u201d<\/p>\n
I thought of signatures.<\/p>\n
Death certificates.<\/p>\n
Medication.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened to Grandpa?\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert stopped speaking.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad.\u201d<\/p>\n
The word came out before I thought about it.<\/p>\n
Everyone heard.<\/p>\n
Robert did too.<\/p>\n
His voice softened.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know about the digoxin?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wrote that the dose changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cChanged how?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re getting records.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGet them now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Curtis knows how to make illness look natural.\u201d<\/p>\n
A cold heaviness settled in my stomach.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we were young, he used farm chemicals to poison livestock belonging to a man who owed Henry money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pam stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cHenry knew?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot until later.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWas Curtis ever charged?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSame reason everything else disappeared.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at Linda.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan we get Grandpa\u2019s pharmacy records today?\u201d<\/p>\n
She nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI already sent authorization.\u201d<\/p>\n
My phone rang again.<\/p>\n
Unknown number from the pharmacy.<\/p>\n
I answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is Nancy Ellis.\u201d<\/p>\n
A pharmacist introduced herself as Rachel.<\/p>\n
\u201cI received your authorization regarding Henry Harper.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are discrepancies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat kind?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe prescription on file was changed twelve days before his death.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDose?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what to what?\u201d<\/p>\n
She gave the amounts.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t understand the numbers, but the increase sounded substantial.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho prescribed it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked around the room.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat issue?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe electronic order lists Dr. Stephen Weber.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Weber changed it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe contacted his office.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have no record of issuing the change.\u201d<\/p>\n
My scalp prickled.<\/p>\n
\u201cCould he have called it in?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot according to their logs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about a paper prescription?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen how did it happen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re investigating.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho picked it up?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPamela Mercer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everyone looked at Pam.<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t move.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid she sign?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you send the receipt and transaction record?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith authorization, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s one more thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe refill was paid in cash.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGrandpa always used insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what concerned us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pam whispered, \u201cI paid.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked genuinely confused.<\/p>\n
\u201cHenry gave me forty dollars and asked me to pick it up.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not use insurance?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pharmacist heard.<\/p>\n
\u201cMrs. Mercer?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you remember whether the bag was sealed?\u201d<\/p>\n
Pam thought.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you open it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Mr. Harper?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI assume.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you see the tablets?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe dispensed medication should have been thirty tablets.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen police inventoried Mr. Harper\u2019s medications after his death, the bottle contained seventeen.\u201d<\/p>\n
I did the math.<\/p>\n
Nine days between pickup and death.<\/p>\n
Even if he took one daily, there should have been twenty-one.<\/p>\n
\u201cFour missing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that significant?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t interpret medical causation. But it is inconsistent with ordinary use.\u201d<\/p>\n
Linda immediately wrote something down.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan toxicology determine if he had too much digoxin?\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel said, \u201cPotentially, depending on samples and timing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was no autopsy,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat samples would exist?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the funeral home retained anything, perhaps none. If there was hospital bloodwork near death, possibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alan looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrandpa died at home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
No hospital.<\/p>\n
No blood draw.<\/p>\n
Another neat closed door.<\/p>\n
I thanked Rachel.<\/p>\n
After the call, nobody spoke for several seconds.<\/p>\n
Then Dale said, \u201cWeber.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pam looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father used to meet Weber at the lake place.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYears ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow often?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you mention that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t think it mattered.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything matters now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Linda stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m contacting the sheriff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale pointed toward the speakerphone.<\/p>\n
\u201cRobert.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you know Curtis is alive, tell me where he is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale slammed his palm onto the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is my father.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he lied to you for most of your life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat gives me more reason.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019ll use you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLet him try.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert\u2019s voice hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat attitude is exactly why Henry never trusted you with the full records.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dale stood so fast the chair rolled backward.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t get to judge me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m warning you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is he?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Then Robert said, \u201cLast confirmed address was outside Council Bluffs.\u201d<\/p>\n
I wrote it down.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder what name?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCharles Harlan.\u201d<\/p>\n
C.H.<\/p>\n
I looked at the ledger note.<\/p>\n
C.H. deceased?<\/p>\n
Grandpa had known.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs he there now?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen how do we find him?\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert answered, \u201cFind Weber.\u201d<\/p>\n
The sheriff\u2019s office reached Dr. Weber\u2019s clinic before we did.<\/p>\n
He wasn\u2019t there.<\/p>\n
Reception staff said he had canceled afternoon appointments.<\/p>\n
His wife told deputies he had left home with a suitcase.<\/p>\n
Destination unknown.<\/p>\n
The doctor who signed both death certificates had disappeared less than three hours after police began asking questions.<\/p>\n
That afternoon, the sheriff opened formal investigations into identity fraud and potential financial crimes.<\/p>\n
Grandpa\u2019s death remained officially natural.<\/p>\n
For now.<\/p>\n
Linda obtained a temporary order preserving every Harper Holdings-related record held by Mercer-Harper Development.<\/p>\n
For once, documents could not legally be destroyed.<\/p>\n
Whether anyone obeyed was another question.<\/p>\n
I returned home after dark.<\/p>\n
A deputy had replaced my broken lock temporarily.<\/p>\n
I checked every room.<\/p>\n
Nothing moved.<\/p>\n
Then I saw the envelope beneath my kitchen door.<\/p>\n
No stamp.<\/p>\n
No address.<\/p>\n
Just my name.<\/p>\n
Inside was a photocopy of Grandpa\u2019s prescription label.<\/p>\n
Across it someone had written in block letters:<\/p>\n
WEBER DIDN\u2019T CHANGE THE DOSE.<\/p>\n
I turned the page over.<\/p>\n
Another sentence.<\/p>\n
HENRY DID.<\/p>\n
My phone buzzed.<\/p>\n
A new message.<\/p>\n
Unknown sender.<\/p>\n
ASK WHY.<\/p>\n
By noon, Linda had done what decades of family whispers had failed to do. She had made the county take Curtis Harper\u2019s death seriously. Not his death exactly. The possibility … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8371","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\/8371","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=8371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8391,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371\/revisions\/8391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}