Julian did not sit down.<\/p>\n
He stood beside the table with one hand gripping the chair so tightly the tendons showed beneath his skin.<\/p>\n
\u201cKevin broke his arm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peter looked exhausted.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is what Dad told me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI visited him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo weeks after the accident.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you see?\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian opened his mouth.<\/p>\n
Closed it.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was in bed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt home?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould he walk?\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peter said nothing.<\/p>\n
Memory was working now.<\/p>\n
Not dramatic memory.<\/p>\n
Worse.<\/p>\n
Ordinary pieces rearranging.<\/p>\n
Julian whispered, \u201cHe had a blanket over his legs.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt something inside me harden.<\/p>\n
Arthur had told me Kevin suffered a broken arm, three cracked ribs and a concussion.<\/p>\n
Bad.<\/p>\n
But recoverable.<\/p>\n
\u201cTell us,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
Peter looked toward Bell.<\/p>\n
Bell nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cKevin Marsh suffered a spinal injury.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian sat.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe regained limited mobility later, but he had permanent impairment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice had become very quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would have known.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur prevented that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe accident report was altered.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca\u2019s expression sharpened.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLocal deputy. Family connection.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhose connection?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRaymond\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
Raymond again.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
Peter continued carefully.<\/p>\n
Julian had been drinking.<\/p>\n
My son looked up.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPeter,\u201d Rebecca warned.<\/p>\n
Julian stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had two beers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were nineteen.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou told police you had not been drinking.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDad told me to say that.\u201d<\/p>\n
My heart seemed to stop.<\/p>\n
Julian looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n
I had never known.<\/p>\n
Arthur told me the other driver caused the collision by crossing the center line.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was another car?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
Peter shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Julian\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou lost control.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were speeding.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKevin was your passenger.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian stood again.<\/p>\n
\u201cStop.\u201d<\/p>\n
I wanted to tell Peter to stop.<\/p>\n
I did not.<\/p>\n
Stopping had caused enough damage in this family.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet him finish.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian looked at me.<\/p>\n
Pain, betrayal and fear moved across his face.<\/p>\n
But he sat.<\/p>\n
Peter continued.<\/p>\n
Julian had taken Arthur\u2019s car without permission.<\/p>\n
Kevin rode with him.<\/p>\n
Julian lost control on a wet curve.<\/p>\n
The car struck a drainage wall.<\/p>\n
Kevin was seriously injured.<\/p>\n
Julian had minor injuries.<\/p>\n
A passing driver called emergency services.<\/p>\n
Arthur arrived before formal statements were completed.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d Rebecca asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cRaymond knew someone in the sheriff\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Arthur used that connection.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember Dad coming to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou had a concussion.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember Kevin\u2019s mother screaming at him.\u201d<\/p>\n
I remembered that too.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Marsh in the corridor.<\/p>\n
Arthur leading me away.<\/p>\n
Telling me she was hysterical.<\/p>\n
I had believed him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
Julian pressed his palms to his temples.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t hear everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe kept saying, \u2018You can\u2019t bury this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The room went silent.<\/p>\n
Arthur had buried it.<\/p>\n
Not perfectly.<\/p>\n
Just enough.<\/p>\n
He paid the Marsh family.<\/p>\n
A private settlement.<\/p>\n
Medical expenses.<\/p>\n
A trust for Kevin.<\/p>\n
In exchange, there was no civil lawsuit.<\/p>\n
The accident report minimized the cause.<\/p>\n
No alcohol test was pursued.<\/p>\n
No criminal charge.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
Peter gave the figure.<\/p>\n
My throat tightened.<\/p>\n
It was almost exactly the amount Arthur had moved in the first transfer.<\/p>\n
The transfer I had assumed began with Raymond\u2019s mess.<\/p>\n
Instead, it began with Julian\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Julian stared at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He covered his face.<\/p>\n
\u201cI should have known.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were nineteen and injured.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not an excuse.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
His hands dropped.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad told me the other driver caused it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was no other driver.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me Kevin would be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me the insurance company paid everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian laughed once, broken and bitter.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe built my whole memory for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
I understood that sentence too well.<\/p>\n
Rebecca asked Peter, \u201cHow does Laura prove this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSusan\u2019s letter references Arthur saying he had already moved money to cover \u2018the Brunswick matter\u2019 before Raymond\u2019s larger loan.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the first unauthorized transfer was not only about protecting Laura.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was about protecting Julian.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd after Arthur moved that money, Raymond discovered it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen used it as leverage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLeading to the forged-house collateral.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The chain became clear.<\/p>\n
Julian\u2019s accident.<\/p>\n
Arthur\u2019s secret payout.<\/p>\n
Arthur\u2019s unauthorized transfer.<\/p>\n
Raymond\u2019s discovery.<\/p>\n
Raymond\u2019s blackmail.<\/p>\n
The forged signature.<\/p>\n
The loan.<\/p>\n
Charles\u2019s corruption.<\/p>\n
Elaine\u2019s false witnessing.<\/p>\n
Decades of concealment.<\/p>\n
One secret did not merely lead to another.<\/p>\n
It required another.<\/p>\n
Julian looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, this started with me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDad moved the money because of my accident.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was his choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I hadn\u2019t crashed\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were nineteen and made a reckless choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
He flinched.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should have faced consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded, tears in his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour father made another choice. Then Raymond made another. Charles another. Do not flatter yourself by claiming responsibility for every adult decision that followed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca looked at me approvingly.<\/p>\n
I ignored her.<\/p>\n
Julian whispered, \u201cWhat happened to Kevin?\u201d<\/p>\n
Peter looked toward Bell again.<\/p>\n
Bell answered this time.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian stopped breathing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGeorgia.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan I see him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one is answering that today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian nodded quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cContact would need to be his choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n
He sat very still.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes he know what Dad did?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes he hate me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Bell did not answer.<\/p>\n
Good.<\/p>\n
That was not a question anyone else could answer.<\/p>\n
I turned to Peter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else did Arthur\u2019s letter say?\u201d<\/p>\n
Peter\u2019s eyes shifted toward the door.<\/p>\n
He looked weak.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore than I can do right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen one question.\u201d<\/p>\n
He waited.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Arthur ever intend to tell Julian about the accident?\u201d<\/p>\n
Peter looked at my son.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he intend to tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I expected pain.<\/p>\n
Instead I felt clarity.<\/p>\n
Arthur\u2019s system was consistent.<\/p>\n
When truth threatened someone he loved, he removed truth.<\/p>\n
He called that protection.<\/p>\n
The trouble was that removed truth did not vanish.<\/p>\n
It became leverage in somebody else\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n
Raymond\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Charles\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Candice\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Natalie\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Now Peter\u2019s and Laura\u2019s, though perhaps not maliciously.<\/p>\n
Secrets were never buried.<\/p>\n
They were transferred.<\/p>\n
Bell ended the video call after Peter became visibly exhausted.<\/p>\n
Margaret left for Jacksonville under police escort to see him if he consented.<\/p>\n
Rebecca and I remained with Julian.<\/p>\n
He had not moved.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you want me to leave?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am sitting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
For ten minutes we said nothing.<\/p>\n
Eventually Julian whispered, \u201cI remember Kevin\u2019s mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe came to the house once.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe a month after the accident.\u201d<\/p>\n
I remembered a woman at the door.<\/p>\n
Arthur had sent Julian upstairs.<\/p>\n
He told me she was from the insurance company.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe wasn\u2019t alone,\u201d Julian said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho was with her?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA man.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat man?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDescribe him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOlder than Dad. Gray suit. Heavyset.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca started taking notes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDad took them into the study.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow long?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAn hour.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you hear anything?\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cKevin\u2019s mother crying.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did the man say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI only remember one sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018This buys silence, not forgiveness.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca looked up.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Arthur respond?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian opened his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018I\u2019m not buying forgiveness.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
That sounded like Arthur.<\/p>\n
Not innocent.<\/p>\n
Not sentimental.<\/p>\n
A man already aware of the difference.<\/p>\n
I thought of the house as it was then.<\/p>\n
Julian nineteen.<\/p>\n
Me trusting my husband.<\/p>\n
Arthur moving money secretly.<\/p>\n
Raymond watching.<\/p>\n
Kevin learning to live in a changed body.<\/p>\n
Susan pregnant with Laura.<\/p>\n
Margaret married to a corrupt banker.<\/p>\n
Peter not yet born.<\/p>\n
All these lives moving near one another without understanding the shape they would eventually form.<\/p>\n
Rebecca\u2019s phone rang.<\/p>\n
Malcolm.<\/p>\n
She answered.<\/p>\n
His voice was tense.<\/p>\n
\u201cI found the full trust amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Candice provision?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRead it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He did.<\/p>\n
The amendment was more explicit than the summary we had first received.<\/p>\n
If Candice Mercer participated in any effort to establish my incapacity, alter my residence involuntarily or obtain authority over my financial affairs, the trustee was required to suspend discretionary cooperation and obtain independent legal and medical review.<\/p>\n
Arthur had built a tripwire around Candice.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy did no one tell us this immediately?\u201d Rebecca asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe operative language was in a sealed schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy sealed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur requested it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen was it opened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Evelyn\u2019s attorney contacted us regarding the guardianship filing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the protection worked.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt something I had not expected.<\/p>\n
Gratitude.<\/p>\n
Not forgiveness.<\/p>\n
Not absolution.<\/p>\n
Arthur had failed me in one era and protected me in another.<\/p>\n
Both could be true.<\/p>\n
Then Malcolm said, \u201cThere is something else in the schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course there is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt directs the trustee to contact a third party if Candice triggers the review.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLaura Bellamy.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared.<\/p>\n
Arthur had connected Candice and Laura eleven years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy Laura?\u201d<\/p>\n
Malcolm read.<\/p>\n
Because Laura possessed records necessary to evaluate whether coercion involving the house might be connected to Raymond Mercer or any successor acting through him.<\/p>\n
Rebecca sat straighter.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe anticipated Raymond could return.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe anticipated someone could use Evelyn\u2019s house again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he trusted Laura with evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt anger rise again.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he trust everyone except me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Malcolm went silent.<\/p>\n
Then, quietly, \u201cI think he trusted you least with pain.\u201d<\/p>\n
That stopped me.<\/p>\n
Not because it was kind.<\/p>\n
Because it was accurate.<\/p>\n
Arthur trusted my judgment.<\/p>\n
My loyalty.<\/p>\n
My strength.<\/p>\n
But he did not trust my capacity to endure painful truth without being protected from it.<\/p>\n
That was not respect.<\/p>\n
Not fully.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is Laura\u2019s current contact information?\u201d Rebecca asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have an old sealed address.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOpen it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe already did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe moved.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re tracing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bell\u2019s phone rang.<\/p>\n
He answered.<\/p>\n
His expression sharpened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
He stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re coming.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d Rebecca asked.<\/p>\n
Bell looked at Julian.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel Reeves was found.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlive?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA roadside motel outside Macon.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWas Natalie with him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he surrender?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot exactly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe called 911 himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
Bell closed his notebook.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe says Natalie Greene is trying to have him killed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca stood.<\/p>\n
I did too.<\/p>\n
My hip protested.<\/p>\n
No one told me to sit.<\/p>\n
Good.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
Bell looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat Meridian never planned to stop with your guardianship.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did they plan?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo challenge Arthur\u2019s trust after you were placed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bell shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. Daniel says the assisted-living placement was only the first step.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was the second?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHave you declared permanently incapacitated.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUse Julian\u2019s signed affidavit and Candice\u2019s authority to petition the court for permission to sell the house.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian looked sick.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd after that?\u201d<\/p>\n
Bell\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel says Natalie had already found a buyer.\u201d<\/p>\n
I gripped my walker.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy house was already promised?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
Bell hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cA development company.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cName.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked down at the message.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarsh Coastal Properties.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian went completely still.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarsh?\u201d<\/p>\n
Bell looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian whispered, \u201cKevin.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian did not sit down. He stood beside the table with one hand gripping the chair so tightly the tendons showed beneath his skin. \u201cKevin broke his arm.\u201d Peter looked … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17250","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\/17250","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=17250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17279,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17250\/revisions\/17279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}