Daniel stared at Naomi.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom put Dad\u2019s letter on the laptop?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is what the metadata suggests.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApproximately six weeks after his death.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ava frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would Grandma copy an unsent letter onto Grandpa\u2019s computer after he was already dead?\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody answered immediately.<\/p>\n
The possibilities were uncomfortable.<\/p>\n
I looked at Naomi.<\/p>\n
\u201cCould the letter itself have been written after Thomas died?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel went pale.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think Mom fabricated it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not saying that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The letter I had just read suddenly became unstable.<\/p>\n
Every sentence.<\/p>\n
Every warning.<\/p>\n
Every apparent glimpse into Thomas\u2019s conscience.<\/p>\n
Maybe he wrote it.<\/p>\n
Maybe he did not.<\/p>\n
I was tired of discovering that every truth in this family came with another hidden compartment.<\/p>\n
Daniel called Charles.<\/p>\n
Within an hour, Margaret and her attorney returned.<\/p>\n
She entered Naomi\u2019s conference room and knew immediately why we had called her.<\/p>\n
Her eyes landed on Thomas\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou found out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s voice was quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cTell us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret sat down.<\/p>\n
Charles looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore you answer anything, I need to know what this concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n
Naomi explained the metadata.<\/p>\n
Charles closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cMargaret?\u201d<\/p>\n
She touched the edge of the letter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas wrote it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Naomi asked, \u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he gave it to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore he died.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would Dad give you a letter addressed to Emily?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he wanted me to read it first.\u201d<\/p>\n
That sounded possible.<\/p>\n
It also sounded convenient.<\/p>\n
I asked, \u201cDid he intend to give it to me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t he?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I begged him not to.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room went silent.<\/p>\n
She continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe discovered the transfer from your wedding account.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThirty-five thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe confronted you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told you to replace it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
We knew that already.<\/p>\n
Margaret folded her hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wrote the letter because he said you deserved to know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat changed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI told him if he gave it to you, Daniel would never forgive me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked away.<\/p>\n
Margaret\u2019s voice cracked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told Thomas it would destroy the family before the wedding.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe wedding had already happened by then.\u201d<\/p>\n
She nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wrote the letter shortly after.\u201d<\/p>\n
I frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe metadata on the document indicated it was copied after his death, but when was the original written?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret looked at Naomi.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn paper.\u201d<\/p>\n
That changed things.<\/p>\n
Thomas had apparently handwritten the original.<\/p>\n
Margaret later typed it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is the handwritten letter?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
She began crying.<\/p>\n
\u201cI burned it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI panicked.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou burned Dad\u2019s letter?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why type a copy?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret wiped her face.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause after he died, I couldn\u2019t stop thinking about what he wrote.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was the first answer from her that felt entirely human.<\/p>\n
Not good.<\/p>\n
Not excusable.<\/p>\n
Human.<\/p>\n
She had destroyed the evidence that threatened her.<\/p>\n
Then grief made her recreate it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI typed what I remembered,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Naomi asked, \u201cWord for word?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs closely as I could.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the document we read is not Thomas\u2019s original text.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou let us believe it was.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel paced toward the window.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell us immediately?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret whispered, \u201cBecause then I would have to explain why I had the original.\u201d<\/p>\n
Charles rubbed his forehead.<\/p>\n
His client seemed determined to make every legal problem worse by trying to avoid the previous one.<\/p>\n
I asked, \u201cWhat did Thomas actually say?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said he was ashamed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf waiting.\u201d<\/p>\n
That part, apparently, had been real.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knew you had taken my money?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor how long?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSeveral weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd did he know where it went?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Arizona project.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he know I hadn\u2019t authorized it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The word hurt.<\/p>\n
Another person had known.<\/p>\n
Another person had chosen timing over truth.<\/p>\n
Margaret continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me I had seven days to put everything back.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI begged him for time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel turned.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he gave it to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA month.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd after a month?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI still didn\u2019t have the money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did Dad do?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret stared at the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe opened a separate account.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo repay Emily himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said if I couldn\u2019t fix what I had done, he would.\u201d<\/p>\n
My heart began beating faster.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much did he put in it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty-five thousand initially.\u201d<\/p>\n
Naomi leaned forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened to that account?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter he died, it became part of the estate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked confused.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never saw an account like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it wasn\u2019t listed under the estate the way you expected.\u201d<\/p>\n
Naomi asked, \u201cHow was it titled?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn trust for Emily.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody moved.<\/p>\n
I felt the room tilt slightly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas created an account for me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout telling me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe planned to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much was in it when he died?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout fifty-two thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret began crying harder.<\/p>\n
I already knew I was not going to like the answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is it?\u201d he repeated.<\/p>\n
\u201cI closed it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s voice cracked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou did what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the funeral.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou closed an account Dad created for Emily?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd took the money?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret covered her face.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ava whispered, \u201cGrandma.\u201d<\/p>\n
The word carried no anger.<\/p>\n
Only disbelief.<\/p>\n
Margaret lowered her hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was drowning.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt nothing now.<\/p>\n
No shock.<\/p>\n
The emotional capacity for surprise had burned out.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you do with the fifty-two thousand?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome paid funeral expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel immediately said, \u201cThe insurance covered the funeral.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret flinched.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much did you take?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cForty-seven.\u201d<\/p>\n
Naomi wrote the figure down.<\/p>\n
The total climbed again.<\/p>\n
Thirty-five thousand from my wedding account.<\/p>\n
Seventy-eight thousand from the condominium proceeds.<\/p>\n
Forty-seven thousand from an account Thomas intended for me.<\/p>\n
One hundred sixty thousand dollars.<\/p>\n
And that did not include every smaller transaction.<\/p>\n
Daniel sat beside me.<\/p>\n
He did not touch me until I reached for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d I asked Margaret.<\/p>\n
She looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou had already taken money from me. Thomas created an account specifically to repay me. After he died, you took that too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I could replace it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou always thought you could replace it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you never did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow many times did you tell yourself the next transaction would fix the previous one?\u201d<\/p>\n
She began crying again.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was the architecture of it.<\/p>\n
Margaret had not woken up one morning and decided to steal one hundred sixty thousand dollars from me.<\/p>\n
She had crossed one boundary.<\/p>\n
Then another to hide the first.<\/p>\n
Then another to repair the second.<\/p>\n
Each decision made the next one easier to justify.<\/p>\n
Until years later, she could stand at a barbecue, watch Ava falsely accuse me, and remain silent because protecting the structure had become more important than protecting any person inside it.<\/p>\n
Naomi asked whether documentation for Thomas\u2019s account still existed.<\/p>\n
Margaret nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a storage box.\u201d<\/p>\n
Charles immediately said, \u201cWe will arrange delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked at his mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Dad know about the house transfer?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe died before it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWould he have agreed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
The answer came immediately.<\/p>\n
That seemed to hurt Daniel more than everything else.<\/p>\n
His father had not been perfect.<\/p>\n
He had delayed telling me.<\/p>\n
He had given Margaret too much time.<\/p>\n
But eventually he had attempted to repair the damage.<\/p>\n
Then he died.<\/p>\n
Margaret used his death to bury the truth.<\/p>\n
Ava stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need to ask you something.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you ever actually think Emily was bad for us?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret stared at her granddaughter.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ava\u2019s face tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why did you let Mom believe that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it helped.\u201d<\/p>\n
The honesty was brutal.<\/p>\n
Laura, still attending remotely, closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
Margaret continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Laura distrusted Emily, she was easier to persuade.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ava asked, \u201cAnd if I distrusted Emily?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret looked down.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told myself your feelings were separate.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you knew Mom was feeding them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you didn\u2019t stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ava nodded slowly.<\/p>\n
Then she picked up her bag.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m done for today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret reached toward her.<\/p>\n
\u201cAva.\u201d<\/p>\n
She stepped back.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret froze.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ava\u2019s eyes filled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The phrase moved through the room like an echo.<\/p>\n
I believe you.<\/p>\n
But love was no longer enough to cancel behavior.<\/p>\n
Ava left.<\/p>\n
Daniel watched her go.<\/p>\n
Then he faced his mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need space.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDays?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel, please.\u201d<\/p>\n
He shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is exactly what we\u2019re talking about. You need to control even the length of someone else\u2019s distance from you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret\u2019s mouth closed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll contact you when I\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
He followed Ava.<\/p>\n
I remained.<\/p>\n
Margaret looked at me.<\/p>\n
Perhaps she expected me to deliver the final punishment.<\/p>\n
I did not.<\/p>\n
Naomi asked, \u201cEmily, do you want to continue?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sat across from Margaret.<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas tried to repay me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou took that money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou changed the deed date.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou moved my condominium proceeds through Laura.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou allowed Laura to believe I threatened her place with Ava because her cooperation benefited you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew Ava was lying at the barbecue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret\u2019s face collapsed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I nodded.<\/p>\n
For years I had wondered whether I had imagined the pattern.<\/p>\n
Now every piece sat in front of me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret stared at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor finally saying yes without explaining why I should understand.\u201d<\/p>\n
She cried quietly.<\/p>\n
I stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is one thing I need you to understand.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked up.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not trying to destroy you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to recover what belongs to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her expression tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAll that can be documented.\u201d<\/p>\n
She nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd after that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter that, we find out whether there is any relationship left that isn\u2019t built on what I can do for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I left.<\/p>\n
Outside, Daniel waited beside the elevator.<\/p>\n
Ava had gone downstairs.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou okay?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cMe neither.\u201d<\/p>\n
The elevator arrived.<\/p>\n
We stepped inside.<\/p>\n
For several floors, neither of us spoke.<\/p>\n
Then Daniel said, \u201cThere\u2019s something I need to tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
His face had changed.<\/p>\n
Not guilty.<\/p>\n
Afraid.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Dad died, Mom gave me an envelope.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was in it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI never opened it.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe told me it was paperwork about the estate and that everything had already been handled.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s still in the safe at the house.\u201d<\/p>\n
We drove there immediately.<\/p>\n
Daniel opened the small fireproof safe in his office.<\/p>\n
Old passports.<\/p>\n
Insurance documents.<\/p>\n
Ava\u2019s birth certificate.<\/p>\n
Our marriage certificate.<\/p>\n
At the bottom was a sealed brown envelope.<\/p>\n
Thomas\u2019s handwriting covered the front.<\/p>\n
Daniel & Emily.<\/p>\n
Not Daniel.<\/p>\n
Both of us.<\/p>\n
Daniel stared at it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI swear I never noticed your name.\u201d<\/p>\n
I believed him.<\/p>\n
Margaret had handed him a stack of estate documents during the worst week of his life.<\/p>\n
He had put them away.<\/p>\n
Another silence.<\/p>\n
Another unopened door.<\/p>\n
Daniel broke the seal.<\/p>\n
Inside were two pages.<\/p>\n
The first was a letter.<\/p>\n
The second was a photocopy of a bank document.<\/p>\n
Daniel began reading aloud.<\/p>\n
If you are reading this, then I failed to resolve something before I ran out of time.<\/p>\n
His voice faltered.<\/p>\n
I took the page.<\/p>\n
Thomas explained that he had discovered irregular transfers connected to Margaret\u2019s Arizona investment.<\/p>\n
He wrote that some money belonged to me.<\/p>\n
He admitted he had delayed telling us because he believed he could force Margaret to replace it first.<\/p>\n
Then came the sentence that changed everything again.<\/p>\n
There is another matter involving the house that neither of you knows.<\/p>\n
Daniel leaned closer.<\/p>\n
I continued reading.<\/p>\n
Years earlier, when Daniel and Laura first purchased the property, Thomas and Margaret had not actually contributed equal funds.<\/p>\n
Most of Margaret\u2019s supposed half-interest had been financed by Thomas alone.<\/p>\n
Before his death, Thomas had prepared documents to transfer that interest.<\/p>\n
Not to Margaret.<\/p>\n
Not to Laura.<\/p>\n
Not even to Daniel.<\/p>\n
He had instructed his attorney that upon his death, the disputed half of the house should be transferred into a trust.<\/p>\n
The beneficiary named on the photocopied instruction was Ava.<\/p>\n
But beneath Ava\u2019s name was a second provision.<\/p>\n
If substantial funds belonging to Emily were ever used to maintain, improve, preserve or reduce debt on the property, Emily was to receive a proportional equitable interest before the remainder passed to Ava.<\/p>\n
Daniel read the paragraph twice.<\/p>\n
I stared at the page.<\/p>\n
Thomas had anticipated exactly what eventually happened.<\/p>\n
Perhaps not the deception.<\/p>\n
But the possibility that I might invest my own money into a property whose ownership I did not understand.<\/p>\n
At the bottom was the name of Thomas\u2019s attorney.<\/p>\n
Samuel Greene.<\/p>\n
Daniel whispered, \u201cI know him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs he still practicing?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
We searched.<\/p>\n
Samuel Greene was alive.<\/p>\n
Retired, but alive.<\/p>\n
Daniel found a telephone number.<\/p>\n
It was nearly nine at night.<\/p>\n
He hesitated.<\/p>\n
I said, \u201cCall tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded.<\/p>\n
Then my phone rang.<\/p>\n
Unknown number.<\/p>\n
I answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmily Whitmore?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
An elderly man spoke.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy name is Samuel Greene.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stared at me.<\/p>\n
The man continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI apologize for calling this late, but I received a message today from Charles Bennett concerning Margaret Whitmore.\u201d<\/p>\n
I put the phone on speaker.<\/p>\n
Samuel\u2019s next words made Daniel sit down.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been waiting almost four years for someone in your family to ask me about Thomas Whitmore\u2019s final property instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stared at Naomi. \u201cMom put Dad\u2019s letter on the laptop?\u201d \u201cThat is what the metadata suggests.\u201d \u201cWhen?\u201d \u201cApproximately six weeks after his death.\u201d Ava frowned. \u201cWhy would Grandma copy … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insightdrama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11012,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10992\/revisions\/11012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}