I placed the cashier\u2019s check in an envelope and locked it inside my desk.<\/p>\n
Thirteen thousand dollars.<\/p>\n
A week earlier, seeing that amount returned would have felt enormous.<\/p>\n
Now it felt contaminated.<\/p>\n
Not because the money itself had morality.<\/p>\n
Because I did not know who could legitimately claim it.<\/p>\n
Grant.<\/p>\n
His employer.<\/p>\n
A lender.<\/p>\n
Daniel Mercer.<\/p>\n
Someone else I had not yet discovered.<\/p>\n
I photographed the check and emailed the image to Marisa.<\/p>\n
Then I made tea.<\/p>\n
The house was painfully quiet.<\/p>\n
For years, I had occasionally fantasized about having an evening entirely to myself.<\/p>\n
No television from the living room.<\/p>\n
No shoes in the hallway.<\/p>\n
No Grant opening the refrigerator and asking whether we had anything to eat while standing three feet from food.<\/p>\n
Now I had exactly that.<\/p>\n
I hated it.<\/p>\n
I sat at the kitchen table with the mug between my hands.<\/p>\n
The empty chair across from me looked accusatory.<\/p>\n
I reminded myself that missing someone did not prove I should trust them.<\/p>\n
Love and safety were different questions.<\/p>\n
At eight fifteen, my phone buzzed.<\/p>\n
Grant.<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
The message read:<\/p>\n
Made it to Mom\u2019s. I won\u2019t come by unless you say it\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n
I replied:<\/p>\n
Thank you.<\/p>\n
Nothing else.<\/p>\n
At nine, I went upstairs.<\/p>\n
Our bedroom still smelled faintly like his deodorant.<\/p>\n
I opened the closet.<\/p>\n
Half his clothes were gone.<\/p>\n
The empty hangers looked more dramatic than they should have.<\/p>\n
I slept in the guest room anyway.<\/p>\n
The next morning, I woke at five forty.<\/p>\n
For a few seconds, I forgot.<\/p>\n
Then everything returned.<\/p>\n
I went downstairs and made coffee.<\/p>\n
At six thirty, I began baking.<\/p>\n
Three orders were due that week.<\/p>\n
A retirement cake.<\/p>\n
Two dozen lemon cupcakes.<\/p>\n
A child\u2019s dinosaur birthday cake.<\/p>\n
Butter.<\/p>\n
Sugar.<\/p>\n
Eggs.<\/p>\n
Flour.<\/p>\n
Simple things behaved predictably when measured.<\/p>\n
I needed that.<\/p>\n
By eight, the kitchen smelled like vanilla.<\/p>\n
My shoulders loosened for the first time in days.<\/p>\n
Then the doorbell rang.<\/p>\n
I froze.<\/p>\n
Through the window, I saw Denise.<\/p>\n
I opened the door.<\/p>\n
She held two grocery bags.<\/p>\n
\u201cI brought breakfast.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhose food is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
She stared at me.<\/p>\n
Then she laughed too.<\/p>\n
The sound surprised both of us.<\/p>\n
It was the first genuine laugh I had heard since the birthday dinner.<\/p>\n
\u201cMine,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I\u2019m willing to share.\u201d<\/p>\n
I let her in.<\/p>\n
She unpacked bagels, fruit, cream cheese, and coffee.<\/p>\n
We sat at the table while my cakes cooled.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow is he?\u201d<\/p>\n
Denise sighed.<\/p>\n
\u201cTerrible.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked down.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat doesn\u2019t make me happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe sleeping?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot much.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEating?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBarely.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHas he heard from work?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHis lawyer told him not to discuss details with me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
She raised an eyebrow.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean good that he\u2019s listening to legal advice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know what you meant.\u201d<\/p>\n
We ate quietly.<\/p>\n
Then Denise said, \u201cHe gave me something for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
My body tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
She reached into her purse.<\/p>\n
A sealed envelope.<\/p>\n
I did not take it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he tell you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. He said if you didn\u2019t want it, bring it back.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the envelope.<\/p>\n
\u201cTake it back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Denise nodded immediately.<\/p>\n
No persuasion.<\/p>\n
No disappointment.<\/p>\n
She put it away.<\/p>\n
That small act made me unexpectedly emotional.<\/p>\n
For years, I had been surrounded by assumptions.<\/p>\n
That I would cook.<\/p>\n
Pay.<\/p>\n
Help.<\/p>\n
Understand.<\/p>\n
Forgive.<\/p>\n
Denise had just accepted no on the first attempt.<\/p>\n
I wiped my fingers on a napkin.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor not asking me twice.\u201d<\/p>\n
She understood.<\/p>\n
Her face softened.<\/p>\n
At ten, she left.<\/p>\n
I spent the rest of the morning working.<\/p>\n
Around noon, Marisa called.<\/p>\n
\u201cI traced the cashier\u2019s check.\u201d<\/p>\n
I set down my piping bag.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe funds are mixed.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow mixed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGrant\u2019s private account contains salary transfers, Caroline-related transfers, reimbursements, and cash deposits we have not identified.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I shouldn\u2019t deposit it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do I do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHold it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor how long?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUntil we know whether any party asserts a claim against those funds.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at the cooling rack.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was trying to repay me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIntent does not clean a money trail.\u201d<\/p>\n
I wrote that down.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you find anything else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her voice changed slightly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour inheritance.\u201d<\/p>\n
My fingers tightened around the pen.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fifteen thousand transfer to Grant\u2019s private account occurred two days after the estate deposit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom there, ten thousand went to Daniel Mercer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe remaining five thousand did not all go where Grant told you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout fourteen hundred paid for the hotel. Roughly twelve hundred went to a card.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the rest?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty-four hundred moved to his brokerage account.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestments.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me it all went to expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStatements say otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt tired more than angry.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs the money still there?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cImpossible to identify dollar-for-dollar because the account had trading activity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he invested part of my inheritance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout telling me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan that be traced?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPotentially.\u201d<\/p>\n
I leaned against the counter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was he buying?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMostly ordinary index funds.\u201d<\/p>\n
That almost made it stranger.<\/p>\n
Not gambling.<\/p>\n
Not a secret woman.<\/p>\n
Not some dramatic luxury.<\/p>\n
He had taken my inheritance and invested part of it for himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would he do that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not a question accounting can answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Right.<\/p>\n
Facts first.<\/p>\n
Motives later.<\/p>\n
Marisa continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s another issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost asked her to stop.<\/p>\n
Instead I said, \u201cGo ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHis brokerage balance is not twenty-two thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBased on the statement he sent, thirty-eight thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n
I frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me twenty-two.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould the market have moved that much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot between the date he told you and the statement date.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen he lied again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOr gave you an outdated estimate. I cannot tell you which.\u201d<\/p>\n
I appreciated the distinction even though I knew Grant.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere did the extra money come from?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSeveral deposits.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPrivate checking.\u201d<\/p>\n
The same contaminated account.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApproximately sixteen thousand over three years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you trace the source?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWorking on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
I thanked her.<\/p>\n
After we hung up, I stared at the dinosaur cake.<\/p>\n
A green fondant tail sat unfinished on the counter.<\/p>\n
I picked it up.<\/p>\n
Pressed scales into it.<\/p>\n
Kept working.<\/p>\n
At two, Ruth called from the stationery shop.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re supposed to work tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you need the day?\u201d<\/p>\n
I thought about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou sure?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Normal work suddenly sounded wonderful.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen I\u2019ll see you at eight.\u201d<\/p>\n
At three thirty, Caroline texted.<\/p>\n
Can I ask you something?<\/p>\n
I hesitated.<\/p>\n
Then:<\/p>\n
Yes.<\/p>\n
Did Grant tell you we had an affair?<\/p>\n
I stared at the screen.<\/p>\n
No.<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
Her answer came quickly.<\/p>\n
Because my dad thinks that\u2019s what Grant will say if this gets ugly.<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
Why would your father think that?<\/p>\n
Because it would make me look like I helped Grant for personal reasons instead of because Dad told me the transfers were legitimate.<\/p>\n
I sat down.<\/p>\n
Did your father tell you to help Grant?<\/p>\n
Sometimes.<\/p>\n
That contradicted the earlier impression that Caroline acted largely at Grant\u2019s request.<\/p>\n
I typed:<\/p>\n
I need you to explain.<\/p>\n
She called.<\/p>\n
I answered.<\/p>\n
Her voice sounded strained.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad introduced Grant to Martin.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter that, Dad sometimes told me Grant needed help moving reimbursement money because his accounts were being reviewed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYears ago. Not this current investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat review?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know. Grant said his bank had limits.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you believe him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Dad told me it was fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
She sounded ashamed.<\/p>\n
I recognized the feeling.<\/p>\n
Trust turned backward becomes embarrassment.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow many times?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe six.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid your father receive money?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly the thousand I told you about.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAny gifts?\u201d<\/p>\n
She hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrant paid for part of a trip once.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat trip?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVegas.\u201d<\/p>\n
My chest tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe company trip?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHotel upgrade. Maybe meals.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWere you sharing a room?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWere you romantically involved?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
The answer came cleanly.<\/p>\n
Then Caroline added, \u201cBut we were too close.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stayed quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew he complained about you to me more than he should. I let him. I complained about my ex. There were nights we talked for hours.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you want something to happen?\u201d<\/p>\n
She inhaled.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt one point? Probably.\u201d<\/p>\n
The honesty hurt.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Grant?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think so.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he say it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he touch you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce.\u201d<\/p>\n
My fingers went cold.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were drinking in Scottsdale. He put his hand on my leg.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI moved it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he try again?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you tell him to stop?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat he was sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
I pressed my fingers against my forehead.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe kissed my forehead once in Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I believed her more than I believed Grant.<\/p>\n
That realization hurt almost as much as what she described.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you telling me now?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause if my dad tries to make this about an affair, I want you to know what actually happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would he do that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo distract from the money.\u201d<\/p>\n
That sounded plausible.<\/p>\n
But I remembered Marisa.<\/p>\n
Do not fill gaps with suspicion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI appreciate you telling me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor what part?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe emotional part.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her voice shook.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew he was married. I knew some conversations were inappropriate. I kept telling myself nothing physical happened, so it was fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
I understood the logic.<\/p>\n
It resembled Grant\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Technical boundaries used to excuse deeper betrayals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need some space from this conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand.\u201d<\/p>\n
We ended the call.<\/p>\n
I stood alone in the kitchen.<\/p>\n
For several minutes, I did nothing.<\/p>\n
Then I opened the refrigerator.<\/p>\n
My labeled shelf was gone.<\/p>\n
But the division it represented remained everywhere.<\/p>\n
What belonged to whom.<\/p>\n
What was shared.<\/p>\n
What had been taken.<\/p>\n
What had been hidden.<\/p>\n
My phone rang again.<\/p>\n
Grant.<\/p>\n
I almost declined.<\/p>\n
Then I answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cCaroline called me.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice sharpened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not your right.\u201d<\/p>\n
He went silent.<\/p>\n
I continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe told me about Scottsdale.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe said you put your hand on her leg.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou denied anything physical.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t think that counted.\u201d<\/p>\n
I laughed once.<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat counts, Grant?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
For once, the answer sounded honest.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe said she moved your hand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you apologized.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you want an affair?\u201d<\/p>\n
He took a long time.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of me wanted to know she wanted me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The answer hurt because it was specific.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt successful around her.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sat down.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd around me?\u201d<\/p>\n
He inhaled.<\/p>\n
\u201cAround you, I felt known.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
There it was.<\/p>\n
Caroline saw the version of Grant he wanted to present.<\/p>\n
I saw the bills.<\/p>\n
The moods.<\/p>\n
The failed promotion.<\/p>\n
The socks beside the hamper.<\/p>\n
The debt he was hiding.<\/p>\n
Or some of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing known should not be a punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. You resented me for seeing the ordinary version of you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice broke slightly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I did.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt tears rising.<\/p>\n
I hated that.<\/p>\n
Not because tears were weakness.<\/p>\n
Because I had spent days being practical, and one honest sentence finally reached the grief underneath.<\/p>\n
\u201cI loved the ordinary version.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant did not answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t need you to be impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should have known it then.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
We were silent.<\/p>\n
Then he said, \u201cI\u2019m going to repay everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou may not be able to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll sell investments.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMarisa says the funds are mixed.\u201d<\/p>\n
He sighed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI figured she would.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cashier\u2019s check is from contaminated funds.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe you.\u201d<\/p>\n
That surprised both of us.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that is the problem. You created finances so complicated that even when you try to do the right thing, neither of us knows whether the money is safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was in the envelope you gave your mother?\u201d<\/p>\n
He hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cA letter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n
No argument.<\/p>\n
No second request.<\/p>\n
I noticed.<\/p>\n
Before ending the call, Grant said, \u201cFinance fired me.\u201d<\/p>\n
I went still.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAn hour ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI deserved it.\u201d<\/p>\n
I did not answer that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey want repayment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEleven thousand eight hundred for the expenses. They\u2019re still reviewing the vendor invoices.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Lang?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey turned everything over to outside counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
He sounded exhausted.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy lawyer says I shouldn\u2019t speculate.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s right.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat will you do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCooperate.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the unfinished dinosaur cake.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLaurel?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know losing my job affects you too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt might.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you.\u201d<\/p>\n
After we hung up, I cried again.<\/p>\n
Not because Grant lost his job.<\/p>\n
Not only because of Caroline.<\/p>\n
I cried because the man I married was finally speaking with a kind of honesty I had wanted for years, and it had arrived only after almost everything that honesty could have protected was already damaged.<\/p>\n
I placed the cashier\u2019s check in an envelope and locked it inside my desk. Thirteen thousand dollars. A week earlier, seeing that amount returned would have felt enormous. Now it … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26464","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\/26464","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=26464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26499,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26464\/revisions\/26499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}