Austin sounded tired when he answered.<\/p>\n
Not defensive.<\/p>\n
Not angry.<\/p>\n
Tired.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, don\u2019t freak out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sentence has never prevented anyone from freaking out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did Chloe say?\u201d<\/p>\n
I could hear movement behind him.<\/p>\n
A cabinet closing.<\/p>\n
A chair scraping.<\/p>\n
Then a door.<\/p>\n
He had gone somewhere private.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe said she talked to Dad about the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout two months before he died.\u201d<\/p>\n
I did the calculation automatically.<\/p>\n
That would have been after Ernest\u2019s second hospitalization.<\/p>\n
After the doctors began speaking carefully.<\/p>\n
After we both understood, though rarely aloud, that time had changed shape.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much trouble?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know if it was the full amount yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
My pulse had quickened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did Ernest do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe says he refused to give her money.\u201d<\/p>\n
That sounded like him.<\/p>\n
Especially near the end.<\/p>\n
After the spreadsheet.<\/p>\n
After the conversations with Iris.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe says Dad told her not to tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everything inside me went quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat's what she says.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat isn't an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAustin, why would your father tell Chloe to hide something from me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ship\u2019s air-conditioning hummed above me.<\/p>\n
I suddenly remembered an afternoon in Ernest\u2019s final month.<\/p>\n
He had been sitting at the kitchen table with Chloe.<\/p>\n
When I entered, they stopped talking.<\/p>\n
At the time I assumed they were discussing Christmas plans.<\/p>\n
Ernest had smiled.<\/p>\n
Chloe had looked away.<\/p>\n
A tiny memory.<\/p>\n
Meaningless then.<\/p>\n
Now it rearranged itself.<\/p>\n
\u201cPut Chloe on.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMom\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease.\u201d<\/p>\n
A pause.<\/p>\n
Then distant voices.<\/p>\n
Thirty seconds later, Chloe spoke.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheresa.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did Ernest know?\u201d<\/p>\n
She inhaled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need to explain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen explain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn't exactly like Austin thinks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was it exactly like?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
I forced myself to remain still.<\/p>\n
Chloe said, \u201cI went to Ernest because I needed advice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot money?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first, advice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I could hear embarrassment in her voice.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought the studio could survive if I got through one bad quarter. I had invoices due. Rent. Payroll. I didn't want Austin to know because he was already stressed about work.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you asked Ernest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he said no.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said you both had decided to stop funding us.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was true.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told you to hide this from me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her answer came quickly.<\/p>\n
My shoulders loosened slightly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me that if I was going to ask you, I had to tell Austin first.\u201d<\/p>\n
That sounded exactly like Ernest.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why does Austin think Ernest told you not to tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I'm explaining this badly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
She breathed out.<\/p>\n
\u201cErnest said he wouldn't tell you himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
I froze.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said it wasn't his secret to disclose.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt irritation rising.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy husband and I shared finances. If someone was asking him for twenty thousand dollars, it was absolutely my business.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he give you anything?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou're sure?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I believed the answer.<\/p>\n
Mostly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why keep it from me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said I had until the end of the week to tell Austin. If I didn't, he would.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo days later he went back to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n
I remembered.<\/p>\n
Shortness of breath.<\/p>\n
Chest pain.<\/p>\n
A night in intensive care.<\/p>\n
Afterward, he was weaker.<\/p>\n
Many things disappeared under the weight of his illness.<\/p>\n
Apparently this had been one of them.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you ever tell Austin?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her voice dropped.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. I should have.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat isn't the same as your saying Ernest knew about the later loan.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't think so.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don't think so?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe big loan came afterward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Relief mixed with anger.<\/p>\n
Not at Chloe alone.<\/p>\n
At Ernest.<\/p>\n
At death.<\/p>\n
At the unfairness of discovering unfinished conversations with someone who could no longer participate.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said something about you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said you were going to need protecting.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn't say.\u201d<\/p>\n
That bothered me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose exact words?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stood.<\/p>\n
Through the balcony glass, the ocean looked metallic under a cloudy sky.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he seem confused?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfraid?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA little.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf Austin?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf the business?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I hated that every answer opened another door.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened next?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe made me promise I wouldn't ask you for money while he was sick.\u201d<\/p>\n
That struck me differently.<\/p>\n
I sat again.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you kept that promise?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUntil the porch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her silence confirmed it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you asked for my ring.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat changed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
The honesty of that answer was ugly enough to be useful.<\/p>\n
She continued quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't mean that the way it sounds.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought\u2026 I thought after he died you might not care about the same things.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch as keeping my belongings?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI deserved that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neither of us spoke.<\/p>\n
Then Chloe said, \u201cThere was an envelope.\u201d<\/p>\n
My heart kicked.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat envelope?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cErnest gave me something.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI never opened it.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stood so abruptly the chair struck the wall.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me not to unless something happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething happened. He died.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have it.\u201d<\/p>\n
I gripped the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor six months?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn't you tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI forgot.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost shouted.<\/p>\n
Instead, I lowered my voice.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou forgot an envelope my dying husband handed you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was around the time everything went crazy. The studio, his hospitalization, then the funeral. I put it in a box in my closet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he say when he gave it to you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said, \u2018If Theresa ever starts doubting herself, give her this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The room seemed to tilt.<\/p>\n
Not from the ship.<\/p>\n
From memory.<\/p>\n
Ernest in his hospital bed.<\/p>\n
Ernest telling me to go everywhere.<\/p>\n
Ernest changing the estate plan.<\/p>\n
Ernest looking at financial records with sadness rather than anger.<\/p>\n
If Theresa ever starts doubting herself.<\/p>\n
He had known.<\/p>\n
Of course he had.<\/p>\n
He knew how guilt worked inside me.<\/p>\n
He knew Austin.<\/p>\n
He knew our marriage.<\/p>\n
He knew I would eventually wonder whether leaving had been cruel.<\/p>\n
\u201cGet the envelope,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I heard footsteps.<\/p>\n
A door.<\/p>\n
Then muffled movement.<\/p>\n
Several minutes passed.<\/p>\n
My heart beat so hard I could feel it in my throat.<\/p>\n
Finally Chloe returned.<\/p>\n
\u201cI found it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does it look like?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCream-colored. Your name is on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it sealed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
Ernest\u2019s handwriting.<\/p>\n
Alive somewhere in Chloe\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not open it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI won't.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTake it to Iris.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cToday?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was no hesitation.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the call, I sat in silence.<\/p>\n
Marjorie knocked twenty minutes later.<\/p>\n
I had forgotten we planned to eat lunch.<\/p>\n
She took one look at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy husband left me something.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought he left you quite a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething I didn't know about.\u201d<\/p>\n
She came in without waiting for an invitation.<\/p>\n
I told her.<\/p>\n
Not everything.<\/p>\n
Enough.<\/p>\n
When I finished, she sat opposite me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you afraid it says?\u201d<\/p>\n
I laughed once.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat I was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLeaving. Austin. Money. All of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour dead husband wrote a letter that can retroactively make your choices wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you say it like that, it sounds foolish.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is foolish.\u201d<\/p>\n
I glared at her.<\/p>\n
She shrugged.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn't ask me to be comforting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else are you afraid of?\u201d<\/p>\n
That question went deeper.<\/p>\n
I looked toward Ernest's mug.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat he knew something about Austin I don't.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marjorie nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat seems more reasonable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Iris received the envelope that afternoon.<\/p>\n
She called me from her office.<\/p>\n
\u201cI'm holding it.\u201d<\/p>\n
My hands went cold.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs my name on it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOpen it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTheresa, it's addressed to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m authorizing you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI would rather scan it unopened and send it to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost argued.<\/p>\n
Then understood.<\/p>\n
This was one thing I should receive directly.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll right.\u201d<\/p>\n
Within ten minutes, a photograph appeared in my secure email.<\/p>\n
Cream paper.<\/p>\n
Ernest\u2019s handwriting.<\/p>\n
Theresa.<\/p>\n
I printed it at the ship's business center.<\/p>\n
The machine hummed while I stood beside it.<\/p>\n
I felt absurdly nervous.<\/p>\n
Back in my cabin, I opened the digital scan.<\/p>\n
The first line made me cry immediately.<\/p>\n
If Chloe has finally given you this, then either she has kept her word or made enough mistakes to remember I once asked her to.<\/p>\n
That was Ernest.<\/p>\n
Dry even from beyond the grave.<\/p>\n
I kept reading.<\/p>\n
He explained that Chloe had come to him frightened.<\/p>\n
He did not excuse her secrecy.<\/p>\n
He also did not condemn her.<\/p>\n
He wrote that fear made people foolish, especially when money and pride mixed.<\/p>\n
Then he turned to Austin.<\/p>\n
Our son loves us, he wrote, but he has spent so long believing our help is permanent that he no longer recognizes its cost.<\/p>\n
I swallowed hard.<\/p>\n
Ernest admitted his own responsibility.<\/p>\n
We taught him this together.<\/p>\n
Those words mattered.<\/p>\n
Not your fault.<\/p>\n
Not my fault.<\/p>\n
Together.<\/p>\n
Then:<\/p>\n
If you are reading this because Austin is angry at you, do not confuse his anger with evidence that you are wrong.<\/p>\n
I pressed the paper against my chest.<\/p>\n
He knew.<\/p>\n
He had anticipated the exact place my mind would go.<\/p>\n
The letter continued.<\/p>\n
Ernest wrote that he wanted me to understand the new estate structure before guilt altered it.<\/p>\n
That stopped me.<\/p>\n
Estate structure?<\/p>\n
We had changed our wills.<\/p>\n
But I thought I knew everything in them.<\/p>\n
Then I read the next paragraph.<\/p>\n
I have asked Iris to hold one document until you are ready.<\/p>\n
I stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat document?\u201d<\/p>\n
As though Ernest might answer.<\/p>\n
I read the line again.<\/p>\n
The next sentence was worse.<\/p>\n
It concerns Austin, and it may hurt him before it helps him.<\/p>\n
My mouth went dry.<\/p>\n
I reached for the phone.<\/p>\n
Iris answered immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou read it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat document?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cIris.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cErnest asked me not to bring it to you until one of two things happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat things?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou completed at least six months of the trip.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOr Austin stopped requesting financial support for ninety consecutive days.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at the wall.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow long has it been?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEighty-seven.\u201d<\/p>\n
Three days.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did Ernest leave?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI can't discuss the contents until the condition is met.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am his wife.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he was my client.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anger flashed through me.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon't hide behind professional language.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI'm not hiding.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI promised him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe's dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I'm alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her voice softened.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo is Austin. That is why Ernest made me promise.\u201d<\/p>\n
I gripped the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens in three days?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Austin reaches ninety days without requesting money or financial rescue from you, I send you the document.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if he asks tomorrow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe second condition resets.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the six-month condition already happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt did.\u201d<\/p>\n
I went still.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo why haven't you sent it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Ernest added one final instruction.\u201d<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wanted you to choose whether you were ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
The anger drained away.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wrote that the document could change how you see him, Austin, and some decisions made during the last year of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n
My knees weakened.<\/p>\n
I sat.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he do something illegal?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDishonest?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn't characterize it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat isn't reassuring.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you recommend?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI recommend you finish reading Ernest\u2019s letter.\u201d<\/p>\n
So I did.<\/p>\n
The final paragraph was short.<\/p>\n
Theresa, if you want the document, ask for it only when you are prepared to learn something without immediately trying to fix everyone involved.<\/p>\n
I read that sentence three times.<\/p>\n
Then I looked at the ocean beyond my balcony.<\/p>\n
For most of my life, learning that someone I loved was in trouble had sent me running.<\/p>\n
Money.<\/p>\n
Advice.<\/p>\n
Intervention.<\/p>\n
Sacrifice.<\/p>\n
Action had been my defense against uncertainty.<\/p>\n
Ernest, apparently, had designed one final test.<\/p>\n
Could I know there was a problem without immediately putting myself at its center?<\/p>\n
I called Iris back.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou're sure?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
That made her laugh softly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat may be the most convincing answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon't send it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAll right.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the ninety days are complete, tell me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI will.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if Austin asks for money before then?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI'll tell you that too.\u201d<\/p>\n
I ended the call.<\/p>\n
For three days, I thought about almost nothing else.<\/p>\n
On the second day, Austin called.<\/p>\n
My heart immediately accelerated.<\/p>\n
We spoke about Maya.<\/p>\n
Work.<\/p>\n
Chloe.<\/p>\n
Then his voice changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, there\u2019s something I need to ask you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
Eighty-nine days.<\/p>\n
One day short.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
Austin took a breath.<\/p>\n
And for one terrible second, I understood exactly how fragile change could be.<\/p>\n
Austin sounded tired when he answered. Not defensive. Not angry. Tired. \u201cMom, don\u2019t freak out.\u201d \u201cThat sentence has never prevented anyone from freaking out.\u201d \u201cI know.\u201d \u201cWhat did Chloe say?\u201d … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31907","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\/31907","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=31907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31942,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31907\/revisions\/31942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}