Daniel pulled over before telling me the rest.<\/p>\n
I knew because the sound of his car changed. The engine remained running, but road noise disappeared.<\/p>\n
Richard sat across from me at the office desk.<\/p>\n
Neither of us spoke.<\/p>\n
\u201cYears ago,\u201d Daniel said, \u201cElliot used my authorization on documents I hadn\u2019t approved.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat documents?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCollateral schedules.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt Halcyon?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did they do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey supported valuations for a credit portfolio.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWere the valuations false?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome were aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat isn\u2019t what I asked.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel was silent.<\/p>\n
\u201cWere they false?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome assets were worth less than the schedules said.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot initially.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard wrote quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened when you found out?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI confronted Elliot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said everyone knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid they?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you report him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
The answer landed heavily.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause my name was already on the documents.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said he used your authorization.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had electronic credentials.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe shared access to a deal system.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds insane.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a different environment. Controls were bad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Elliot submitted documents under your name.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you stayed silent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel exhaled.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he showed me emails.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat emails?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI had discussed the valuation assumptions with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you tell him to inflate them?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould the emails make it look that way?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
There it was.<\/p>\n
Not a debt in the ordinary sense.<\/p>\n
Leverage.<\/p>\n
\u201cElliot blackmailed you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou just described blackmail.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe never demanded money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he demand?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLoyalty.\u201d<\/p>\n
The word made my skin crawl.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wanted me to support his version of what happened if regulators asked questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid they?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEventually.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard looked up.<\/p>\n
Daniel continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said the models were created by the credit team and that I relied on their assumptions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWas that the whole truth?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you leave out?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat I had questioned some of the values before documents went out.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you protected yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Elliot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWas anyone charged?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid investors lose money?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard wrote another note.<\/p>\n
I felt suddenly exhausted by the layers of qualification.<\/p>\n
Nobody knew.<\/p>\n
Nothing was final.<\/p>\n
Nothing technically belonged to anyone.<\/p>\n
Nothing counted because it was temporary.<\/p>\n
Every boundary disappeared as long as Daniel needed it to.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened afterward?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHalcyon settled. Elliot left. I left.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you stayed friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou started a company with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYears later.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he contacted me with North Shore.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knew I understood healthcare acquisitions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd because you owed him loyalty?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he threaten to expose Halcyon?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot directly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat if North Shore worked, we could both finally put the past behind us.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at Richard.<\/p>\n
He had stopped writing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds like a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know how it sounds.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another phrase Daniel used too often.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I was ashamed.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the first time, his answer contained no defense.<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
He continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we met, I wanted that whole period gone. Your life was so clean.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost interrupted.<\/p>\n
My life had never been clean.<\/p>\n
It had simply been visible to him from a distance.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy company almost failed twice,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s different.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou survived it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo did you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice cracked slightly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI left Halcyon knowing that if everything came out, people could decide I was part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWere you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The answer surprised me.<\/p>\n
He added quickly, \u201cNot the fraud. The culture. Looking away. Letting things pass because everyone said that was how deals worked.\u201d<\/p>\n
I leaned back.<\/p>\n
That was the first thing Daniel had said all day that sounded less like confession than recognition.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo when Elliot came back?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I could do one clean deal with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at the NORTH SHORE binder.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy hiding it from your wife.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUsing her money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRouting funds through your sister.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDiscussing assets she never offered.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel, listen to yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou tried to correct your old compromise by making a new series of compromises.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI see that now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I wanted to believe him.<\/p>\n
Again.<\/p>\n
The wanting itself had become painful.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy North Shore?\u201d<\/p>\n
He was quiet for several seconds.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it could make enough money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo repay everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat everything?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe money from your account.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s thirty-eight thousand dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot just that.\u201d<\/p>\n
My pulse quickened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel did not answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI borrowed money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Elliot?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA private lender.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo hundred fifty thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stood so quickly the chair scraped the floor.<\/p>\n
Richard raised a hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cClaire.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
But I was not.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you borrow against?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing of yours.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnswer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy interest in a consulting partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat partnership?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStop saying that.\u201d<\/p>\n
He exhaled.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn entity I created two years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat entity?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHayes Strategic Partners.\u201d<\/p>\n
I had never heard of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does it own?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMostly contractual interests.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFees. Advisory rights. Potential carried interest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom North Shore?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes it owe two hundred fifty thousand dollars?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA lender Elliot introduced.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMariner Private Credit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard immediately began typing.<\/p>\n
I heard keys clicking.<\/p>\n
Daniel said, \u201cIt\u2019s legitimate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard looked up from the screen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a Mariner Private Credit LLC registered in Delaware.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSee?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat proves it exists.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel went silent.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen is the loan due?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Three months.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens if you can\u2019t pay?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can pursue the partnership assets.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPersonal guarantee.\u201d<\/p>\n
My throat tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour personal guarantee?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much are you worth personally, Daniel?\u201d<\/p>\n
He did not answer.<\/p>\n
I knew the answer better than he wanted me to.<\/p>\n
Far less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars.<\/p>\n
His income was good, but his spending was high. He owned no significant real estate separately. Most of what appeared to be our shared lifestyle came from property and assets I brought into the marriage.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo if North Shore fails, you can\u2019t repay them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI can restructure.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith what?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy money?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy house?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy trust?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen with what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
At last.<\/p>\n
An honest answer.<\/p>\n
I sat again.<\/p>\n
The baby moved sharply.<\/p>\n
My hand went to my belly.<\/p>\n
Daniel heard my breath change.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs she okay?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was quiet.<\/p>\n
Then said, \u201cI\u2019m coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cClaire.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. Not now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is my home too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t keep me out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m asking you not to come while I\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
Because I did not trust myself.<\/p>\n
Because part of me wanted him to walk through the door, sit beside me, put his hand on our daughter, and explain the entire nightmare into something survivable.<\/p>\n
Because another part wanted never to see him again.<\/p>\n
Neither was a good basis for a conversation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel breathed out.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll right.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ease of his agreement surprised me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere will you go?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHotel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll tell Richard.\u201d<\/p>\n
That boundary felt strangely adult.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard\u2019s computer chimed.<\/p>\n
He read something.<\/p>\n
Then looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMariner Private Credit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel heard him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard said, \u201cIts registered agent shares an address with another entity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel was silent.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat entity?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
Richard turned the laptop.<\/p>\n
Crane Advisory Holdings.<\/p>\n
Elliot.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Elliot introduced you to a lender connected to himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel said, \u201cI didn\u2019t know that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow could you borrow a quarter million dollars without checking?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt came through a broker.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich broker?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone Elliot knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard asked, \u201cName?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMartin Saye.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard typed.<\/p>\n
No immediate result.<\/p>\n
Daniel said, \u201cI have the paperwork.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPreserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI will.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s more.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Mariner filing date.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was created twelve days before Daniel\u2019s loan.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at the screen.<\/p>\n
Daniel said nothing.<\/p>\n
Richard continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat does not make it illegitimate. But it suggests the entity may have been formed specifically for a transaction.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Daniel?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked toward the binder.<\/p>\n
North Shore had seemed like the center.<\/p>\n
Maybe it was not.<\/p>\n
Maybe North Shore was simply the mechanism Elliot had built around Daniel\u2019s desperation.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel, where did the two hundred fifty thousand go?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDeal expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMost.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat expenses?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDeposits. Legal work. Due diligence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPaid to whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDifferent vendors.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Elliot choose them?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard asked, \u201cCan you provide the ledger?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cToday?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel said, \u201cI\u2019m not hiding anything anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
The sentence should have comforted me.<\/p>\n
Instead it raised the obvious question.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy now?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause you\u2019re caught?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Elliot scared you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s answer came quietly.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause you got off the train.\u201d<\/p>\n
I opened my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI woke up and you were gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn\u2019t notice for hours.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou called me childish.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were angry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what changed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI got home.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice became rough.<\/p>\n
\u201cI walked into the house and you weren\u2019t here. Your coat was gone from the hook because you\u2019d worn it to Cleveland. Your side of the bathroom looked exactly the way you left it. And for the first time it occurred to me that you might actually decide you were done.\u201d<\/p>\n
I said nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI realized I had been assuming something for years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat you would stay.\u201d<\/p>\n
The words hurt because they were true.<\/p>\n
Daniel continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo matter how angry you got. No matter what I did. I thought you would complain, we would fight, I would apologize enough, and eventually everything would return to normal.\u201d<\/p>\n
My throat tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat isn\u2019t love.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEntitlement.\u201d<\/p>\n
The word came without hesitation.<\/p>\n
I looked away.<\/p>\n
Richard quietly gathered his papers, giving me the privacy he could without leaving.<\/p>\n
Daniel said, \u201cI don\u2019t expect that admission to fix anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just true.\u201d<\/p>\n
For several seconds neither of us spoke.<\/p>\n
Then Richard\u2019s phone buzzed again.<\/p>\n
He glanced at the screen.<\/p>\n
His face changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cClaire.\u201d<\/p>\n
Something in his voice made me straighten.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lender handling the North Shore application just sent the original submission log.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel went silent.<\/p>\n
Richard opened the document.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does it show?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDates, upload credentials, IP records, user identities.\u201d<\/p>\n
My pulse quickened.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe forged consent was not uploaded through Vanessa\u2019s account.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cElliot?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel?\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel said, \u201cThen who?\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard enlarged the record.<\/p>\n
The uploader was identified only by an administrative account.<\/p>\n
But the originating IP address had been preserved.<\/p>\n
Richard was already comparing it with another file.<\/p>\n
Then he stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe same IP address appears on several transfers from your investment account.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room went silent.<\/p>\n
Daniel spoke first.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I initiated those transfers from home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard looked toward the router on the bookshelf.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom this house?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt cold.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the forged document was uploaded from here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApparently.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard read the timestamp.<\/p>\n
\u201cNovember fourteenth. 10:42 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n
I knew that date.<\/p>\n
Not because of Daniel.<\/p>\n
Because I had been in New York that night for a charity board dinner.<\/p>\n
\u201cWere you here?\u201d I asked him.<\/p>\n
Daniel answered immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere were you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cChicago.\u201d<\/p>\n
I remembered.<\/p>\n
A consulting conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen who was in the house?\u201d<\/p>\n
Neither of us spoke.<\/p>\n
And then I remembered something else.<\/p>\n
Vanessa had stayed here that week.<\/p>\n
She had been watching our dog while both of us traveled.<\/p>\n
I reached for my phone.<\/p>\n
Before I could call her, a message appeared.<\/p>\n
From Vanessa.<\/p>\n
Only seven words.<\/p>\n
Claire, I know who copied your signature.<\/p>\n
Daniel pulled over before telling me the rest. I knew because the sound of his car changed. The engine remained running, but road noise disappeared. Richard sat across from me … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13370","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\/13370","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=13370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13394,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13370\/revisions\/13394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}