Russell swore under his breath.<\/p>\n
I ended the call and stood still among the boxes.<\/p>\n
\u201cA court order for what?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe says the contents belong to his family.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApparently he disagrees.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell glanced toward the shelf labeled DANIEL.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow would he know what\u2019s here?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the better question.\u201d<\/p>\n
We closed the red folder and returned it to the lockbox.<\/p>\n
I placed Mama\u2019s cassette, letter, photographs, and Samuel\u2019s documents inside my handbag.<\/p>\n
Russell noticed.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t get a vote.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I locked the wooden box and slid it beneath my arm.<\/p>\n
Then I pulled the unit door halfway down.<\/p>\n
Not closed.<\/p>\n
I wanted Evan to know we remained inside if anyone approached.<\/p>\n
\u201cCall Susan,\u201d Russell said.<\/p>\n
For once, I agreed.<\/p>\n
Susan Hall answered quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cMercer Junior has a court order.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Then, \u201cDo not surrender anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan he legally take the unit?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot if the order is what I think it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you think it is?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA probate claim.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor Daniel\u2019s estate?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow could his estate claim Mama\u2019s storage unit?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause some property inside may have belonged to Daniel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds plausible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is plausible. That doesn\u2019t mean the entire unit belongs to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the shelf of boxes labeled with Daniel\u2019s name.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat should I do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPhotograph everything before you move it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell pulled out his phone, then remembered I still had it.<\/p>\n
I handed it back.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery box. Every label. Every shelf.\u201d<\/p>\n
He started taking pictures.<\/p>\n
Susan continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not remove original records until we know what the order says.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEven my box?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou already removed it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep it with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause your mother designated it as your personal property in her estate papers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Relief moved through me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about the red folder?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it relates to your settlements, it may also be yours, but don\u2019t move it yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked toward the office building in the distance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did Mama tell you about Mercer Holdings?\u201d<\/p>\n
Susan paused.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnough to expect something like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
That caught my attention.<\/p>\n
\u201cMeaning?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe believed Daniel\u2019s family might try to claim Wayne\u2019s records if they learned she still had them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow would they learn?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone knew I opened the unit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell stopped photographing.<\/p>\n
I watched him.<\/p>\n
He understood what I was thinking.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
I covered the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou called someone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore I took your phone?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho knew we were coming?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen how did Daniel Junior appear less than an hour after we opened this place?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Susan interrupted.<\/p>\n
\u201cLinda.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s another possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mother may have told him.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo force him into the open.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCome to the office. Read the order. Then call me back.\u201d<\/p>\n
She ended the call.<\/p>\n
Russell looked bewildered.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
We walked toward the front office.<\/p>\n
I carried the wooden box against my chest.<\/p>\n
A black sedan sat outside.<\/p>\n
A man stood beside Evan\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n
He was perhaps sixty-five, lean, silver-haired, dressed in a pale blue shirt with the sleeves rolled carefully to the forearms.<\/p>\n
He looked at Russell first.<\/p>\n
Then me.<\/p>\n
His expression changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cLinda Harper.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not a question.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel Mercer Junior?\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
Same name as his father.<\/p>\n
He looked at the wooden box.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat came from the unit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to put it back.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evan raised both hands slightly.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s keep this calm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel placed a folder on the counter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have an emergency preservation order from Shelby County Chancery Court.\u201d<\/p>\n
I read the first page.<\/p>\n
The language was dense, but Susan had been right.<\/p>\n
The order did not award him the unit.<\/p>\n
It prohibited destruction, sale, concealment, or removal of disputed property belonging to the estate of Daniel Mercer Senior pending review.<\/p>\n
I looked up.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis doesn\u2019t say everything belongs to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s jaw tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt says property belonging to my father cannot be removed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis box belongs to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do I know that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy name is on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat proves nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt proves more than your surname.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell stepped beside me.<\/p>\n
Daniel looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cRussell.\u201d<\/p>\n
They knew each other.<\/p>\n
I turned.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve met?\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell sighed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
The same time Russell entered the unit.<\/p>\n
I stared at my brother.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said nobody knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t tell him about the unit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel laughed once.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s technically true.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked between them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you tell him?\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell rubbed his forehead.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked about Mercer Holdings.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter I found the red folder.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said you couldn\u2019t open it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you saw the name Mercer Holdings elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen called Daniel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou lied again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
My anger sharpened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you ask him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether the company still existed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel folded his arms.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told him it did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho owns it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy family trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes it own a warehouse near the river?\u201d<\/p>\n
His eyes narrowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Helen told you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mama.<\/p>\n
He called her Helen.<\/p>\n
Not Mrs. Harper.<\/p>\n
Not your mother.<\/p>\n
Helen.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow well?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell looked uncomfortable.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel ignored him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mother visited me three months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
Susan\u2019s theory returned.<\/p>\n
Mama had told him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she want?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe wanted me to sign over the warehouse.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe claimed it belonged to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father\u2019s company held title.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat isn\u2019t what I asked.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father bought that property legally.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith money stolen from my settlement?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAllegedly.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stepped closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have the transfer records.\u201d<\/p>\n
That changed him.<\/p>\n
Only slightly.<\/p>\n
But enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot your concern.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel glanced at Russell.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou told her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe found them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s gaze returned to me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat exactly did Helen leave you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEnough.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the only one you\u2019re getting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evan quietly moved farther from the counter.<\/p>\n
I did not blame him.<\/p>\n
Daniel placed both palms flat on the folder containing the court order.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father died believing Helen would destroy those records.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen he misunderstood her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe trusted her.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid anyone in that generation understand the word?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s face darkened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think your mother was innocent?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
That answer surprised him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think she was frightened, complicit, ashamed, and late.\u201d<\/p>\n
I held up the wooden box.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut she finally left evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked at it.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvidence can be interpreted many ways.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds like something a lawyer says before the evidence is opened.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course he was.<\/p>\n
I should have guessed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you know the order doesn\u2019t give you my property.\u201d<\/p>\n
He reached toward the box.<\/p>\n
I stepped back.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stopped.<\/p>\n
Russell moved between us.<\/p>\n
Daniel looked at him with contempt.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou still doing whatever the strongest person in the room tells you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell stiffened.<\/p>\n
The insult had history.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he mean?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel smiled faintly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s the Russell I remember.\u201d<\/p>\n
I turned to my brother.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you know him?\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell\u2019s face flushed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were in school together.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cSame class.\u201d<\/p>\n
This family tree of secrets kept growing.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never mentioned Daniel had a son your age.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never asked.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at him.<\/p>\n
He regretted the words immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cSorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel watched us with unsettling interest.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou two still don\u2019t know everything, do you?\u201d<\/p>\n
I faced him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen educate me.\u201d<\/p>\n
He picked up the court folder.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father kept records too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat records?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPayments.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo Wayne?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Wayne.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell looked at him sharply.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a lie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel turned.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think your sister\u2019s money moved in only one direction?\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n
I noticed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is he talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the second settlement, Wayne used your money to acquire properties through my father\u2019s company.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat you apparently don\u2019t know is that years later, some of those properties were sold.\u201d<\/p>\n
My heart quickened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere did the proceeds go?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDifferent accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhose?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked at Russell.<\/p>\n
I followed his gaze.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d Russell said.<\/p>\n
Daniel opened his briefcase.<\/p>\n
He removed photocopies.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t,\u201d Russell said.<\/p>\n
Daniel laid them on the counter.<\/p>\n
Bank statements.<\/p>\n
1989.<\/p>\n
1991.<\/p>\n
1994.<\/p>\n
Transfers from Mercer Holdings.<\/p>\n
Recipients included R. Harper.<\/p>\n
My brother.<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLinda\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver twenty years? Around eighty thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt as if the room had tipped.<\/p>\n
Russell stepped forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat money wasn\u2019t for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel raised his eyebrows.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt went to your accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome.\u201d<\/p>\n
I turned on Russell.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou received money from Mercer Holdings after Wayne died.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew the properties were connected to my settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot at first.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen did you find out?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLater.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much later?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYears.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd after you found out, did you stop taking it?\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked away.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach twisted.<\/p>\n
All his confessions in the diner.<\/p>\n
All his shame.<\/p>\n
Still incomplete.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you do with the money?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome went to Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMost.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the rest?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI kept it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel closed his briefcase.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why he wanted the records gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell turned on him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t get to act righteous. Your father helped steal everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo is Wayne.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you\u2019ve spent years benefiting from the warehouse.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s expression sharpened.<\/p>\n
\u201cCareful.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d Russell said. \u201cYou came here with a court order because you\u2019re afraid Linda can prove where that property came from.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI came because your mother told me exactly what would happen after her death.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
I felt a chill.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she tell you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat you would open the flour tin.\u201d<\/p>\n
My fingers tightened around the wooden box.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe told you about it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThree months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel reached into his briefcase again.<\/p>\n
He removed an envelope.<\/p>\n
Mama\u2019s handwriting appeared across the front.<\/p>\n
FOR DANIEL MERCER JR.\u2014DELIVER TO LINDA ONLY AFTER SHE OPENS C-114.<\/p>\n
I stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cMama gave you that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you give it to me immediately?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe told me to deliver it only if you came to the unit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n
He held out the envelope.<\/p>\n
I did not take it yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s inside?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou expect me to believe you didn\u2019t open it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause unlike our fathers, I\u2019m capable of leaving one sealed envelope alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell gave him a hard look.<\/p>\n
I took it.<\/p>\n
The seal was intact.<\/p>\n
I opened it.<\/p>\n
Inside were two pages.<\/p>\n
The first was a letter.<\/p>\n
Linda,<\/p>\n
If Daniel is standing in front of you, then he did what I asked.<\/p>\n
Do not trust him blindly.<\/p>\n
But do not assume he is his father either.<\/p>\n
I looked up.<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s expression was unreadable.<\/p>\n
I kept reading.<\/p>\n
I told Daniel enough to make him come when the unit opened.<\/p>\n
I did this because the Mercer records and Wayne\u2019s records must be compared.<\/p>\n
Neither side alone tells the truth.<\/p>\n
My pulse increased.<\/p>\n
The second page was a list.<\/p>\n
Five account numbers.<\/p>\n
Three property addresses.<\/p>\n
One safe-deposit box number.<\/p>\n
At the bottom, Mama had written:<\/p>\n
The warehouse is only one piece.<\/p>\n
The largest remaining asset is not in Daniel\u2019s name.<\/p>\n
It is in Russell\u2019s.<\/p>\n
I stopped.<\/p>\n
Russell stared at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the final line again.<\/p>\n
Mama had underlined it.<\/p>\n
ASK HIM ABOUT THE HOUSE ON BELVEDERE ROAD.<\/p>\n
My brother closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
Daniel exhaled slowly.<\/p>\n
I folded the paper.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat house?\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell did not answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat house on Belvedere Road?\u201d<\/p>\n
He opened his eyes.<\/p>\n
His voice was barely audible.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe one Wayne bought with your money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho owns it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do.\u201d<\/p>\n
The betrayal was almost too simple.<\/p>\n
A house.<\/p>\n
A deed.<\/p>\n
A lifetime of silence converted into real estate.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow long?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThirty-eight years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you never told me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you live there?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho does?\u201d<\/p>\n
His face crumpled.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at him.<\/p>\n
My niece.<\/p>\n
His child.<\/p>\n
Living in a house purchased with money stolen after I was pushed into a road.<\/p>\n
Russell took one step toward me.<\/p>\n
\u201cLinda, she doesn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I held up my hand.<\/p>\n
He stopped.<\/p>\n
That was the cruelty Mama had predicted.<\/p>\n
Not simply discovering what had been stolen.<\/p>\n
Discovering that recovering it might hurt people who had never participated in the theft.<\/p>\n
Daniel watched me carefully.<\/p>\n
Russell whispered, \u201cPlease.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t ask me for anything yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
I folded Mama\u2019s letter and placed it inside my bag.<\/p>\n
Then I turned toward the storage rows.<\/p>\n
The auction was canceled.<\/p>\n
The evidence was preserved.<\/p>\n
But the easy version of justice had just disappeared.<\/p>\n
Because some of what had been stolen from me was no longer hidden in cash boxes or ledgers.<\/p>\n
It had become someone else\u2019s home.<\/p>\n
Russell swore under his breath. I ended the call and stood still among the boxes. \u201cA court order for what?\u201d he asked. \u201cHe says the contents belong to his family.\u201d … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22966","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\/22966","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=22966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23007,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22966\/revisions\/23007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}