Dana found him before sunset.<\/p>\n
His name was Adrian Mercer.<\/p>\n
Thirty-four years old.<\/p>\n
Born Adrian Cole Mercer.<\/p>\n
Mother: Evelyn Mercer.<\/p>\n
Father: blank on the public birth record.<\/p>\n
At age six, his surname remained Mercer after his mother married another man.<\/p>\n
No public Sterling connection.<\/p>\n
No photographs beside Richard at charity events.<\/p>\n
No mention in company histories.<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
Except the sealed paternity case.<\/p>\n
And one line in an archived financial filing showing Sterling Family Holdings had made annual payments to an education trust established for A.C.M.<\/p>\n
I stared at the information Dana emailed me.<\/p>\n
Richard had paid for Adrian's schooling.<\/p>\n
Secretly.<\/p>\n
For decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is he now?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCalifornia.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does he do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe's a biomedical engineer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat doesn't sound accidental anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course there was.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe worked in reproductive laboratory equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n
I went still.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSeveral places.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOakfield?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot directly.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tiny relief vanished when Dana continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut one of his employers serviced Oakfield's lab systems during the year of your IVF cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do not know whether Adrian was personally assigned there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFind out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlready doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes he know Richard is his father?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnknown.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes Richard know where he is?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlmost certainly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCarter?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe haven't told him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
I got up and walked to the kitchen.<\/p>\n
Rachel had ordered pizza because none of us had enough attention left for cooking.<\/p>\n
The girls were upstairs building what Emma described as \u201ca city for rabbits.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel handed me a glass of water.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou found him.\u201d<\/p>\n
I nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard's other son?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould he be the biological father?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes he know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould Richard have arranged it without him knowing?\u201d<\/p>\n
That question stopped me.<\/p>\n
Sperm could be stored.<\/p>\n
Samples could be repurposed.<\/p>\n
Records could be falsified.<\/p>\n
If Oakfield's controls had been as weak as everything else suggested, Adrian might have been used too.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe may be another victim,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
Rachel nodded slowly.<\/p>\n
\u201cImportant to remember.\u201d<\/p>\n
She was right.<\/p>\n
I wanted a person to blame because a person was easier than a system of betrayals.<\/p>\n
Adrian's DNA might be involved.<\/p>\n
That did not mean Adrian had consented.<\/p>\n
My phone rang.<\/p>\n
Carter.<\/p>\n
I answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cI found Vale.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDad has a correspondence file.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Dr. Vale?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does it say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt's encrypted.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have our IT person working on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stiffened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour IT person?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone I trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes your father know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCarter, be careful who you trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI've learned that recently.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was no sarcasm in his voice.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI found an old visitor log.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor where?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSterling headquarters.\u201d<\/p>\n
He paused.<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Vale met with Dad four times during the year after Emma was born.\u201d<\/p>\n
That matched the testing period.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne name I don't recognize.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRead it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAdrian Mercer.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room seemed to shift.<\/p>\n
I gripped the counter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThree meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSame period?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLauren, I would remember.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maybe.<\/p>\n
But Carter had spent much of his life not seeing people who mattered.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would Richard meet Adrian?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour half brother.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
I had not intended to tell him that way.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cDana found a sealed paternity case.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAgainst my father?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEvelyn Mercer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know that name.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy grandmother hated that name.\u201d<\/p>\n
I froze.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce, when I was maybe fifteen, she and Dad had a screaming fight. I heard her say Evelyn.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't remember.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember Dad saying, \u2018I handled it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
My skin prickled.<\/p>\n
\u201cHandled what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCarter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was fifteen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fair.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid your mother know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAsk her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe's barely speaking to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAsk anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does Adrian have to do with the embryos?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not speculate to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think he might be the donor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI said don't speculate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter became quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSend the visitor log to Dana.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI will.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDad's file has a label.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat label?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cContinuity Project.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at the wall.<\/p>\n
The phrase was so coldly corporate it made my stomach turn.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere did you find it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn an archive box.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat's inside?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMedical invoices, trust drafts, Vale correspondence, Oakfield materials.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAll under Continuity Project?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I whispered, \u201cJesus.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard had given it a project name.<\/p>\n
Not family.<\/p>\n
Not children.<\/p>\n
Continuity.<\/p>\n
\u201cPhotograph everything before your father realizes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI'm doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
We ended the call.<\/p>\n
Twenty minutes later, my phone rang again.<\/p>\n
Margaret.<\/p>\n
I almost ignored it.<\/p>\n
Then I thought of Evelyn's name.<\/p>\n
I answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cLauren.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret sounded exhausted.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo talk.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCarter called me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe asked about Evelyn Mercer.\u201d<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know who she was.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret was silent.<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard's mistress?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor a time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Adrian?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHis son.\u201d<\/p>\n
There it was.<\/p>\n
No legal caveat.<\/p>\n
No uncertainty.<\/p>\n
A family truth hidden everywhere except inside the family.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Carter know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard forbade it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou obeyed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was twenty-seven and pregnant with Carter when I learned about Evelyn.\u201d<\/p>\n
I frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cPregnant?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The dates did not fit my assumption.<\/p>\n
Adrian was younger than Carter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen Evelyn came later.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Richard had an affair after Carter was born.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you leave him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her voice became defensive.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was different then.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, Margaret. It wasn't.\u201d<\/p>\n
She did not argue.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened to Adrian?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard provided for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSecretly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he see him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOccasionally.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Carter?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I walked toward the window.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know Adrian met Richard after Emma was born?\u201d<\/p>\n
A pause.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
My grip tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know exactly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou expect me to believe that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew Richard was dealing with a medical concern.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat concern?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said there was a question about Carter's fertility records.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhose question?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn't say.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know embryos were tested?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
Everyone knew pieces.<\/p>\n
No one told me.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know the embryos weren't genetically Carter's?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret inhaled sharply.<\/p>\n
There.<\/p>\n
Recognition.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou reacted.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause that's an absurd thing to say.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMargaret.\u201d<\/p>\n
She remained silent.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Richard tell you donor sperm had been used?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you ever hear Adrian's name connected to Oakfield?\u201d<\/p>\n
Another pause.<\/p>\n
Too long.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stopped pacing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard said Adrian had helped solve a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
My skin went cold.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat problem?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn't explain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen did he say that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYears ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore Chloe was born?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't remember.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it was around the time you and Carter were having trouble conceiving.\u201d<\/p>\n
My mouth went dry.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat exactly did Richard say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said there were alternatives Carter didn't need to know about.\u201d<\/p>\n
I gripped the windowsill.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlternatives.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you ask what he meant?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought he meant fertility treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were already in fertility treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMargaret, did Richard believe Carter was infertile?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Then:<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The word barely existed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had seen some test results.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat test results?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCarter's.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom where?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore IVF?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn't Carter know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought he did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI assumed\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou people survive on assumptions when the truth would inconvenience you.\u201d<\/p>\n
She began crying softly.<\/p>\n
I felt no satisfaction.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did the tests show?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know details. Richard said Carter's chances of biological fatherhood were extremely low.\u201d<\/p>\n
My knees weakened.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Richard tell Oakfield?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he arrange donor sperm?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he arrange Adrian?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLauren, I don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
For once, I believed her.<\/p>\n
Not because Margaret was trustworthy.<\/p>\n
Because fear had stripped her voice of calculation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would Richard use Adrian?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was Sterling blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
There it was.<\/p>\n
The family logic.<\/p>\n
If Carter could not biologically father a child, Richard could preserve his lineage by using another son.<\/p>\n
Never mind consent.<\/p>\n
Never mind truth.<\/p>\n
Never mind me.<\/p>\n
Or Carter.<\/p>\n
Or Adrian.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Richard care whether I knew?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret started crying harder.<\/p>\n
That was answer enough.<\/p>\n
I ended the call.<\/p>\n
Dana was already trying to obtain Carter's fertility records.<\/p>\n
She called at 7:10.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found something.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA pre-IVF semen analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCarter's?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cResult?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSeverely impaired fertility.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cSterile?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot necessarily. But natural conception would have been unlikely, and IVF success may have been limited.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Oakfield know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid I know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe counseling form in your file states both partners were informed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was never told that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe'll compare signatures.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother forged form.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow many times did people sign my name?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe're documenting every instance.\u201d<\/p>\n
I laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy marriage apparently involved a fictional version of me who agreed to everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dana didn't respond to that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about Adrian?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe confirmed he worked for a company servicing Oakfield.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWas he there?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
My breath stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwice during your treatment cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoing what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEquipment calibration.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould he access samples?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNormally, no.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNormally has become meaningless.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI agree.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he provide a sperm sample?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWould there be a donor record?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf formal.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if Richard arranged it privately?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe not.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sat.<\/p>\n
\u201cHas anyone contacted Adrian?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe're preparing to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon't accuse him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe won't.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe may not know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI agree.\u201d<\/p>\n
That evening, Carter sent me photographs from the Continuity Project files.<\/p>\n
Most were ordinary invoices.<\/p>\n
Trust drafts.<\/p>\n
Legal memos.<\/p>\n
Then one image loaded slowly.<\/p>\n
An Oakfield laboratory sheet.<\/p>\n
At the top was my patient number.<\/p>\n
Below it were four embryo identifiers.<\/p>\n
The same four I remembered.<\/p>\n
Beside the paternal specimen field was not Carter's patient number.<\/p>\n
It was a handwritten code.<\/p>\n
AM-042.<\/p>\n
Adrian Mercer.<\/p>\n
I stared until my eyes hurt.<\/p>\n
Then I saw another notation below it.<\/p>\n
AUTHORIZED SUBSTITUTE \u2014 R.H.S.<\/p>\n
Richard had not merely discovered the truth after Emma was born.<\/p>\n
He had ordered it before any of my children existed.<\/p>\n
I forwarded the image to Dana.<\/p>\n
A minute later, she called.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere did Carter get this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHis father's archive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not alter the image.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI won't.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need the physical original.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCarter can preserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI'll contact him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDana.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at the date.\u201d<\/p>\n
She went quiet.<\/p>\n
The authorization had been signed four days before my egg retrieval.<\/p>\n
Before fertilization.<\/p>\n
Before anyone could claim a spontaneous laboratory mistake.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you thinking?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Richard decided who would father my children without telling me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dana did not answer.<\/p>\n
Because there was nothing useful to say.<\/p>\n
Then I noticed one more line near the bottom.<\/p>\n
A signature block.<\/p>\n
Not mine.<\/p>\n
Not Carter's.<\/p>\n
Not Richard's.<\/p>\n
Dr. Vale.<\/p>\n
And beside his name, a second handwritten phrase:<\/p>\n
Donor informed \u2014 limited consent.<\/p>\n
I stared at it.<\/p>\n
Adrian may have known he was donating.<\/p>\n
But limited consent could mean many things.<\/p>\n
For research.<\/p>\n
For fertility treatment.<\/p>\n
For anonymous use.<\/p>\n
Not necessarily for his half brother's wife.<\/p>\n
Not necessarily for children Richard intended to control.<\/p>\n
And if Adrian had consented to something different, Richard may have lied to him too.<\/p>\n
Dana found him before sunset. His name was Adrian Mercer. Thirty-four years old. Born Adrian Cole Mercer. Mother: Evelyn Mercer. Father: blank on the public birth record. At age six, … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27728","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\/27728","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=27728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27763,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27728\/revisions\/27763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}