My mother answered on the second ring.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmily?\u201d<\/p>\n
Her voice was calm enough that for one second I almost convinced myself I was wrong.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, I need you to listen carefully.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Thomas ever give you anything privately? At the wedding, before the wedding, anytime.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Not confusion.<\/p>\n
Recognition.<\/p>\n
My heartbeat accelerated.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe gave me an envelope.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan stepped closer.<\/p>\n
Margaret lifted her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe night of the rehearsal dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me it was something he wanted kept safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt home.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you open it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I nearly shouted.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me not to unless you asked for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every person near me went still.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, don\u2019t touch anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEmily, you\u2019re frightening me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know. I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is happening?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll explain when I get there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShould I call the police?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret nodded emphatically.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d I said. \u201cLock the doors, call the police, and tell them someone may try to come to the house.\u201d<\/p>\n
My mother\u2019s voice changed immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs this about Ryan\u2019s family?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n
The call ended.<\/p>\n
Ryan was already moving toward the door.<\/p>\n
Margaret stopped us.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do this properly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReeves knows,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich means he may already be moving.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s exactly why we need to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd exactly why we don\u2019t drive there alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
She called the detective.<\/p>\n
Within minutes, police units were sent toward my mother\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
We followed.<\/p>\n
I rode in the passenger seat with Ryan driving.<\/p>\n
Margaret followed behind us with Evan and another officer.<\/p>\n
The rain had stopped, but the roads shone black beneath the streetlights.<\/p>\n
Ryan kept both hands on the wheel.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Dad ever talk to your mother alone?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the wedding.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe congratulated her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s all?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what I thought.\u201d<\/p>\n
I replayed the reception in my mind.<\/p>\n
Thomas had approached my mother near the dance floor.<\/p>\n
They had spoken for several minutes.<\/p>\n
Mom had smiled.<\/p>\n
Thomas had looked serious.<\/p>\n
Then Patricia appeared and interrupted them.<\/p>\n
At the time, I had assumed it was harmless wedding small talk.<\/p>\n
Now nothing felt harmless.<\/p>\n
Ryan glanced toward me.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the ledger is there, Reeves is going to assume you know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe already assumes that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI should have gone with you the first night.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you left dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked out the window.<\/p>\n
He continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI should have picked up my bag and gone with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat wouldn\u2019t change what\u2019s happening now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen don\u2019t use this to punish yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
His jaw tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said nothing.<\/p>\n
I turned back toward him.<\/p>\n
\u201cGuilt is useful only if it changes what you do next.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked at me briefly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds like something your mother would say.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt probably is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police were already outside Mom\u2019s house when we arrived.<\/p>\n
Two cruisers.<\/p>\n
No lights.<\/p>\n
The front door opened only after an officer identified us.<\/p>\n
Mom hugged me immediately.<\/p>\n
Then she looked at Ryan.<\/p>\n
For a second, neither knew what to say.<\/p>\n
He spoke first.<\/p>\n
\u201cMrs. Bennett.\u201d<\/p>\n
She had always told him to call her Helen.<\/p>\n
Tonight she did not correct him.<\/p>\n
\u201cRyan.\u201d<\/p>\n
He lowered his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at me.<\/p>\n
Whatever she saw in my face made her postpone the conversation.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome in.\u201d<\/p>\n
The envelope was not in the kitchen.<\/p>\n
Not in her bedroom.<\/p>\n
Not in the desk.<\/p>\n
Mom had placed it somewhere Patricia would never have thought to look.<\/p>\n
Inside an old sewing cabinet that had belonged to my grandmother.<\/p>\n
She pulled out a wooden box.<\/p>\n
Beneath thread spools and yellowed patterns lay a thick envelope.<\/p>\n
Thomas had written one word on it.<\/p>\n
Helen.<\/p>\n
My hands shook.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he say what was inside?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said that if trouble came, I should wait until you asked for it yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan looked toward the floor.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mom stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cKnew what?\u201d<\/p>\n
I took a breath.<\/p>\n
Then I told her.<\/p>\n
Not everything.<\/p>\n
Not yet.<\/p>\n
Enough.<\/p>\n
Thomas had discovered financial crimes.<\/p>\n
Patricia and Reeves were involved.<\/p>\n
Madison had been used, perhaps willingly in some parts and blindly in others.<\/p>\n
Thomas was missing.<\/p>\n
Reeves had contacted me.<\/p>\n
And someone believed the contents of the envelope could expose all of them.<\/p>\n
Mom sat down slowly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought this was about your marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt started there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at me carefully.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt surfaced there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The distinction struck me.<\/p>\n
Maybe that was true.<\/p>\n
The roast beef.<\/p>\n
Patricia\u2019s behavior.<\/p>\n
Ryan\u2019s silence.<\/p>\n
None of those things had created the corruption inside the Carter family.<\/p>\n
They had merely cracked the surface wide enough for me to see it.<\/p>\n
Margaret arrived and insisted the police document the envelope before we opened it.<\/p>\n
Photographs were taken.<\/p>\n
Fingerprints noted.<\/p>\n
The flap was sealed with ordinary adhesive.<\/p>\n
No signs of tampering.<\/p>\n
An officer cut it open.<\/p>\n
Inside was a smaller black notebook.<\/p>\n
The ledger.<\/p>\n
Ryan exhaled.<\/p>\n
No one celebrated.<\/p>\n
Its existence made the danger more real.<\/p>\n
Margaret put on gloves.<\/p>\n
She opened the first page.<\/p>\n
Dates.<\/p>\n
Amounts.<\/p>\n
Company names.<\/p>\n
Initials.<\/p>\n
Property addresses.<\/p>\n
Bank-routing notes.<\/p>\n
Everything Thomas had promised in his letter.<\/p>\n
Every transfer.<\/p>\n
Every account.<\/p>\n
Every name.<\/p>\n
Page after page.<\/p>\n
Brighton Holdings.<\/p>\n
Westmark Consulting.<\/p>\n
Nine other entities we had not seen before.<\/p>\n
Some received money directly from Carter Development.<\/p>\n
Others bought property shortly before company expansion announcements.<\/p>\n
A few passed money onward to private accounts.<\/p>\n
Margaret\u2019s face became more serious with each page.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is enough to justify subpoenas almost immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan sat beside her.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan we prove Mom controlled them?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReeves?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMadison?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret paused.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer name appears.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan\u2019s shoulders dropped.<\/p>\n
I sat across from him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret turned the ledger.<\/p>\n
Several entries carried Madison\u2019s initials.<\/p>\n
One had a notation.<\/p>\n
MC approved.<\/p>\n
Another said vehicle.<\/p>\n
Another: mortgage.<\/p>\n
Then, lower down, a payment of forty-eight thousand dollars.<\/p>\n
Ryan stared at it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat went to her?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApparently.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mom asked, \u201cDoes that mean she knew?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d Margaret said. \u201cIt means money benefited her. Knowledge is a separate question.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evan arrived behind an officer.<\/p>\n
The instant he saw the ledger, his face changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve seen it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cParts of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas showed you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you know Helen had it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe never told me where he moved it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret turned toward him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you help Thomas investigate?\u201d<\/p>\n
Evan sat.<\/p>\n
For the first time, he looked less like a frightened former employee and more like the finance professional he once had been.<\/p>\n
\u201cPatricia started with small amounts.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow small?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty thousand. Thirty. Money that could disappear inside project overruns.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first Thomas thought she was covering personal spending.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWas she?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evan looked at Ryan.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mother had always spent heavily. Your father knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan said nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut then the amounts changed. Larger transfers. New entities. Property deals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret asked, \u201cWhen did Reeves become involved?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYears earlier, but the pattern became obvious eighteen months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat changed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas refused to approve a land purchase Patricia wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy was she involved in land purchases?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe wasn\u2019t supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n
That sentence hung in the room.<\/p>\n
Evan continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe had learned enough from overheard conversations and access to Ryan\u2019s old emails to know which areas Carter Development was considering.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan looked up sharply.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy emails?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou stayed logged into the family computer more than once.\u201d<\/p>\n
He closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cJesus.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReeves used shell companies to buy property before Carter Development entered negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mom frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen they sold it to the company?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes. Sometimes to competitors. Sometimes they simply waited for nearby prices to rise.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMillions.\u201d<\/p>\n
The number settled heavily over us.<\/p>\n
I looked at the ledger again.<\/p>\n
Patricia\u2019s insistence on control suddenly had a financial scale.<\/p>\n
She was not protecting social status.<\/p>\n
She was protecting a machine.<\/p>\n
A machine built from information, fear, family loyalty, and Ryan\u2019s instinct to avoid confrontation.<\/p>\n
One entry caught my eye.<\/p>\n
My wedding date.<\/p>\n
I pointed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s this?\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret leaned over.<\/p>\n
The line was abbreviated.<\/p>\n
EC transfer blocker.<\/p>\n
Next to it was a dollar amount.<\/p>\n
Not money paid.<\/p>\n
A projected exposure.<\/p>\n
Three point eight million dollars.<\/p>\n
Ryan went pale.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what they thought Emily\u2019s shares would cost them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evan nodded slowly.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Emily controlled twenty-five percent, several transactions would require disclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas didn\u2019t give me shares because he liked that I said no.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut there was more.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe needed someone who would trigger oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anger rose unexpectedly.<\/p>\n
Thomas had protected me.<\/p>\n
He had also used me.<\/p>\n
Without asking.<\/p>\n
I stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone in this family keeps deciding things for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I faced Evan.<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas had no right to put me in the middle of this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
The agreement surprised me.<\/p>\n
Evan did not defend him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was desperate.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat doesn\u2019t make it okay.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret looked toward the ledger.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it explains why Patricia needed Emily gone before control became effective.\u201d<\/p>\n
My mother\u2019s eyes narrowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cGone from the marriage?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPreferably.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if that failed?\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody answered.<\/p>\n
The silence frightened her.<\/p>\n
Then a sound came from outside.<\/p>\n
A car door.<\/p>\n
Everyone turned.<\/p>\n
One officer moved toward the window.<\/p>\n
Another reached for his radio.<\/p>\n
Headlights stopped at the curb.<\/p>\n
A woman stepped out.<\/p>\n
Madison.<\/p>\n
Ryan stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is she doing here?\u201d<\/p>\n
Madison walked toward the front path with both hands visible.<\/p>\n
Her face looked wrecked.<\/p>\n
Hair damp.<\/p>\n
No makeup.<\/p>\n
She stopped when police confronted her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need to talk to Emily.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan moved toward the door.<\/p>\n
Margaret caught his arm.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet police search her first.\u201d<\/p>\n
Madison surrendered her phone and purse.<\/p>\n
No weapon.<\/p>\n
No second person in the car.<\/p>\n
Finally she was allowed inside under supervision.<\/p>\n
The moment she saw the ledger on the table, she stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh my God.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan\u2019s voice hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew Mom was looking for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew Reeves thought Emily had it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Madison looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you said nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tears filled her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was scared.\u201d<\/p>\n
I laughed once.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were scared?\u201d<\/p>\n
She flinched.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know how that sounds.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. I don\u2019t think you do.\u201d<\/p>\n
She stepped closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI came because Mom is going after it tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every officer in the room focused on her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d Margaret asked.<\/p>\n
Madison looked toward the windows.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe knows Thomas gave something to someone at the wedding.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI told her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI remembered Dad talking to Helen.\u201d<\/p>\n
My mother\u2019s expression became cold.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you told Patricia.\u201d<\/p>\n
Madison nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know what he gave you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen did you tell her?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAn hour ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
My skin prickled.<\/p>\n
Patricia now knew the ledger might be here.<\/p>\n
Madison continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe called Reeves.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n
Madison swallowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe told him they had one chance before the police locked everything down.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret was already speaking to the detective.<\/p>\n
I asked, \u201cWhere is Patricia now?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is Reeves?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is Thomas?\u201d<\/p>\n
Madison\u2019s face crumpled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI swear I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan took one step toward her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou led Reeves to Dad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know he followed me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou gave Mom everything she needed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe said she was trying to protect us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLosing everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan looked around my mother\u2019s modest kitchen.<\/p>\n
At the police.<\/p>\n
At the ledger.<\/p>\n
At his sister.<\/p>\n
Then he said very quietly, \u201cLook around, Madison. What exactly do you think is left to protect?\u201d<\/p>\n
She began crying.<\/p>\n
No one comforted her.<\/p>\n
An officer entered from the front hallway.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have movement behind the property.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every light inside me seemed to switch on.<\/p>\n
Police spread through the house.<\/p>\n
Mom was moved away from the windows.<\/p>\n
Margaret took the ledger.<\/p>\n
Ryan stayed close to me.<\/p>\n
A flashlight swept across the backyard.<\/p>\n
Then another.<\/p>\n
A gate creaked.<\/p>\n
Someone ran.<\/p>\n
Officers shouted.<\/p>\n
Footsteps pounded over wet grass.<\/p>\n
A minute later, a radio crackled.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne detained.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan looked at me.<\/p>\n
I held my breath.<\/p>\n
An officer entered.<\/p>\n
\u201cMale. Mid-fifties. Carrying lock tools.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReeves?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evan\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
The officer showed us a photograph.<\/p>\n
Evan swore under his breath.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s Mason Crane.\u201d<\/p>\n
The initials from the shredded motel paper.<\/p>\n
MC.<\/p>\n
Not Madison Carter.<\/p>\n
Mason Crane.<\/p>\n
Ryan stared at his sister.<\/p>\n
For the first time, one piece of evidence that had appeared to implicate her meant something else.<\/p>\n
But relief did not come.<\/p>\n
Because Madison still looked terrified.<\/p>\n
I asked Evan, \u201cWho is Mason Crane?\u201d<\/p>\n
He answered without taking his eyes from the photograph.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel Reeves\u2019s fixer.\u201d<\/p>\n
My mother answered on the second ring. \u201cEmily?\u201d Her voice was calm enough that for one second I almost convinced myself I was wrong. \u201cMom, I need you to listen … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30777","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\/30777","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=30777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30812,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30777\/revisions\/30812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}