I drove to Ethan\u2019s house that night.<\/p>\n
I did not ask whether it was convenient.<\/p>\n
He opened the door before I knocked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should have told me on the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know how.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat excuse is getting old.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stepped aside.<\/p>\n
His wife, Rachel, had taken their two boys upstairs. The kitchen smelled faintly of coffee and garlic from dinner.<\/p>\n
Ethan poured two glasses of water.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t touch mine.<\/p>\n
\u201cStart talking.\u201d<\/p>\n
He sat across from me.<\/p>\n
\u201cGreg wasn\u2019t Mom\u2019s boyfriend while Dad was alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t ask that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen answer what I did ask.\u201d<\/p>\n
He rubbed his forehead.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe met him at a financial-planning seminar Dad went to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout eighteen months before Dad died.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was earlier than I had expected.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad took her?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think so.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Greg stayed in contact?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith both of them at first.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad knew him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
That complicated everything.<\/p>\n
I had imagined Greg appearing after the funeral, finding my mother frightened and financially inexperienced.<\/p>\n
Instead, he had entered our family while Dad was alive.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he sell them?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestment products. Real estate partnerships. Private funds.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Dad invest?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA little.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew enough to hide this for years, Ethan. Don\u2019t tell me you know nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
His jaw tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t hide it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew things I didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s hiding.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked toward the stairs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was around more during Dad\u2019s last year.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I was running a business and raising Sophie.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not blaming you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDad talked to me sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout Greg?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout money.\u201d<\/p>\n
That hurt in a way I didn\u2019t expect.<\/p>\n
My father and I had been close.<\/p>\n
But when he became ill, our conversations had shifted toward treatments, pain, Sophie, the firm.<\/p>\n
Perhaps he had spared me.<\/p>\n
Perhaps I had been too busy to notice what he wanted to say.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he tell you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was worried.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat Mom didn\u2019t understand how serious things were.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat things?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe mortgage. Medical bills. Investments.\u201d<\/p>\n
I shook my head.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad had insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot enough for everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had savings.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of it was gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGone where?\u201d<\/p>\n
Ethan looked miserable.<\/p>\n
\u201cGreg.\u201d<\/p>\n
I pushed back from the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad lost money with him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStop saying that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI really don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stood and went to a cabinet.<\/p>\n
From the top shelf, he took down a small fireproof document box.<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDad gave it to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout two months before he died.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve had Dad\u2019s papers for six years?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome papers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me to keep them somewhere Mom wouldn\u2019t throw them away.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room became silent.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrow them away?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said she was angry whenever he brought up money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t he give them to me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said you already had too much.\u201d<\/p>\n
That answer hurt more than anger would have.<\/p>\n
Dad had been protecting me.<\/p>\n
Even while dying.<\/p>\n
Ethan put the box on the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cI should have given you this years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause after the funeral, everything became chaos. You refinanced the house. Mom was falling apart. Then time passed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSix years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you forgot?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was worse.<\/p>\n
\u201cI kept thinking it didn\u2019t matter anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat changed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou started asking questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
He pushed the box toward me.<\/p>\n
The lock was not secured.<\/p>\n
Inside were old bank statements, folders, handwritten notes, copies of investment brochures, mortgage correspondence, and one thick envelope labeled in Dad\u2019s handwriting.<\/p>\n
HOUSE.<\/p>\n
My hands shook slightly when I opened it.<\/p>\n
The first documents were familiar.<\/p>\n
Original mortgage papers.<\/p>\n
Refinancing offers.<\/p>\n
Tax statements.<\/p>\n
Then I found the home-equity loan.<\/p>\n
Ninety thousand dollars.<\/p>\n
Both parents\u2019 signatures.<\/p>\n
The date made my chest tighten.<\/p>\n
Dad had been undergoing chemotherapy.<\/p>\n
I remembered that month because I had driven him to the hospital three mornings a week.<\/p>\n
His signature looked wrong.<\/p>\n
Not necessarily forged.<\/p>\n
But weak.<\/p>\n
Uneven.<\/p>\n
Different from the signature on older documents.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did they use the money for?\u201d<\/p>\n
Ethan pointed to another folder.<\/p>\n
Inside were wire-transfer confirmations.<\/p>\n
Seventy-five thousand dollars had gone to an investment entity I did not recognize.<\/p>\n
The name meant nothing.<\/p>\n
I searched it on my phone.<\/p>\n
The company had dissolved years ago.<\/p>\n
The registered manager\u2019s name did not.<\/p>\n
Gregory Hale.<\/p>\n
Greg.<\/p>\n
I stopped breathing for a moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad borrowed against the house to invest with Greg?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Greg convinced him it would generate income.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Dad was dying?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn\u2019t know exactly how much time he had.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knew enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ethan said nothing.<\/p>\n
I turned through more papers.<\/p>\n
There were notes in Dad\u2019s handwriting.<\/p>\n
Projected returns.<\/p>\n
Interest rates.<\/p>\n
Monthly obligations.<\/p>\n
One page had a sentence boxed twice.<\/p>\n
DO NOT PUT MORE MONEY IN.<\/p>\n
Another read:<\/p>\n
Margaret thinks Greg can fix this.<\/p>\n
Below it:<\/p>\n
He can\u2019t.<\/p>\n
My throat tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knew Greg was a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEventually.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did Mom do?\u201d<\/p>\n
Ethan stared at the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think she kept talking to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter Dad told her to stop?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stood and walked to the sink because sitting had become impossible.<\/p>\n
Outside Ethan\u2019s window, the street was quiet.<\/p>\n
A bicycle lay on a neighbor\u2019s lawn.<\/p>\n
Someone\u2019s television flashed blue against curtains.<\/p>\n
Normal houses.<\/p>\n
Normal lives.<\/p>\n
Inside, my understanding of my parents\u2019 final year was being dismantled page by page.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid she have an affair?\u201d<\/p>\n
The question came out before I could decide whether I wanted the answer.<\/p>\n
Ethan looked startled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou hesitated.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I knew you\u2019d ask.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Dad think she did?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I turned toward him.<\/p>\n
\u201cEthan.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean it. He never said that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Mom see Greg alone?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw them once.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA coffee shop.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout six months before Dad died.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were talking.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s all?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never mentioned it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would I?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Dad was sick.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cClaire, two people having coffee is not an affair.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I hated that he had to say it.<\/p>\n
I hated even more that the possibility had entered my mind.<\/p>\n
I sat again and kept reading.<\/p>\n
Dad\u2019s notes described a financial collapse unfolding slowly.<\/p>\n
The first investment with Greg had performed well.<\/p>\n
That encouraged another.<\/p>\n
Then another.<\/p>\n
When returns slowed, Greg recommended putting in more money to recover losses.<\/p>\n
Dad used part of their savings.<\/p>\n
Then the home-equity loan.<\/p>\n
By the time he understood the investments were failing, his cancer had returned aggressively.<\/p>\n
I found a handwritten page dated five weeks before his death.<\/p>\n
The writing was shaky.<\/p>\n
If I don\u2019t make it, Claire will try to save everything.<\/p>\n
Tell her not to.<\/p>\n
I stared until the words blurred.<\/p>\n
Ethan lowered his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou saw this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you let me refinance the house anyway?\u201d<\/p>\n
His face tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cI tried to tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe week after the funeral.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t remember.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were sleeping three hours a night. Mom was crying constantly. Sophie had pneumonia. You had a project deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n
My chest tightened as the memories returned.<\/p>\n
Sophie feverish on the couch.<\/p>\n
Funeral flowers dying in vases.<\/p>\n
Bank calls.<\/p>\n
Mom unable to open Dad\u2019s closet.<\/p>\n
I remembered Ethan saying something about selling the house.<\/p>\n
I had dismissed him.<\/p>\n
Of course I had.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did Dad mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he knew you.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was the cruelest explanation because it was probably true.<\/p>\n
Dad knew I would save the house.<\/p>\n
Save Mom.<\/p>\n
Solve what he could no longer solve.<\/p>\n
And he had tried to leave instructions against it.<\/p>\n
I took a photograph of the note.<\/p>\n
Then another.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes Mom know you have these?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s going to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cClaire.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe deserves to know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not saying she doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you saying?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m saying don\u2019t confront her while you\u2019re angry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not angry.\u201d<\/p>\n
He gave me a look.<\/p>\n
\u201cFine. I\u2019m furious.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s closer.\u201d<\/p>\n
I gathered the papers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m taking the box.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat wasn\u2019t a request.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Driving home, I did not turn on the radio.<\/p>\n
At a red light, I thought about my father\u2019s last months.<\/p>\n
He had been quieter than usual.<\/p>\n
I had blamed pain.<\/p>\n
Medication.<\/p>\n
Fear.<\/p>\n
Maybe part of that silence had been shame.<\/p>\n
My father had always been careful with money.<\/p>\n
He taught me to save before spending.<\/p>\n
He hated debt.<\/p>\n
And yet a charismatic adviser had convinced him to risk money when he was vulnerable enough to believe one good investment could protect Mom after he died.<\/p>\n
That was not stupidity.<\/p>\n
It was fear wearing the clothes of optimism.<\/p>\n
At home, Sophie was asleep.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Alvarez had left a note saying she finished her homework and ate two cookies.<\/p>\n
I sat alone in my office until almost two in the morning.<\/p>\n
The papers told a story.<\/p>\n
Not a complete one.<\/p>\n
But enough.<\/p>\n
The first investment began eighteen months before Dad died.<\/p>\n
The home-equity loan came eleven months before his death.<\/p>\n
By six months before, Dad had written that Greg could not be trusted.<\/p>\n
Yet after Dad died, Mom gave Greg most of the $180,000 insurance payout.<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
If Dad had already discovered the man was dangerous, why would she hand him even more money?<\/p>\n
I found one more item near the bottom of the box.<\/p>\n
A printed email.<\/p>\n
From Dad to Greg.<\/p>\n
Subject: MARGARET.<\/p>\n
The message was brief.<\/p>\n
Stop contacting my wife directly about investments. Anything related to our accounts goes through me.<\/p>\n
I read it three times.<\/p>\n
Then another email.<\/p>\n
Greg\u2019s reply.<\/p>\n
I understand your concern, but Margaret has every right to participate in decisions involving her future.<\/p>\n
Dad responded:<\/p>\n
This is not about excluding her. It is about you pressuring her when I\u2019m in treatment.<\/p>\n
My stomach turned.<\/p>\n
There was no proof of an affair.<\/p>\n
There was, however, proof that Greg had identified Mom as the easier path to more money.<\/p>\n
At seven the next morning, I called David.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have documents you need to see.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat kind?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOld investment records. Emails. Loan paperwork.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cConnected to the lien?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSend scans.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll bring originals.\u201d<\/p>\n
By nine, the box sat on David\u2019s conference table.<\/p>\n
He read silently for almost forty minutes.<\/p>\n
Finally he leaned back.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is ugly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLegally?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPotentially.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Greg misrepresented investments or exerted undue pressure while your father was ill, there may have been misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSix years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStatutes vary depending on the claim and when facts were discovered.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan we recover anything?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not asking for certainty.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen possibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
He tapped the home-equity paperwork.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis concerns me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe signature?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think it\u2019s forged?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we need someone qualified to examine it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat if Dad signed it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen we still determine whether there was fraud in how the proceeds were obtained.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at Dad\u2019s note again.<\/p>\n
Claire will try to save everything.<\/p>\n
Tell her not to.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did exactly what he said not to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
David studied me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou made decisions with the information you had.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t have information because nobody gave it to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTrue.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEthan had the box.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMom knew about the insurance money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDad was trying to tell me something.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso true.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed the folder.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do I do with this now?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLegally, let me investigate.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd personally?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat remains outside my hourly rate.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost smiled.<\/p>\n
That evening, Mom called.<\/p>\n
She sounded tired.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy feet hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWork?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSix hours standing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll get used to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJean says I need different shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJean is probably right.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe wears orthopedic sneakers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe Jean is wise.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t push it.\u201d<\/p>\n
We talked for several minutes.<\/p>\n
Then she said, \u201cI made seventy-three dollars today after taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was pride in her voice.<\/p>\n
Small, reluctant pride.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s seventy-three dollars you didn\u2019t have yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
She paused.<\/p>\n
\u201cI bought my own groceries.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you get?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSoup. Bread. Chicken. Apples.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo imported cheese?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVery funny.\u201d<\/p>\n
We both laughed.<\/p>\n
The moment was almost warm.<\/p>\n
Then I looked at the document box beside my desk.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you remember Greg Hale?\u201d<\/p>\n
The silence changed immediately.<\/p>\n
Not confusion.<\/p>\n
Recognition.<\/p>\n
Fear.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you asking me that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI found Dad\u2019s papers.\u201d<\/p>\n
No answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe home-equity loan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe emails.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her breathing became audible.<\/p>\n
\u201cClaire.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are things about that year you don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen help me understand them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot on the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCome tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat time?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter work.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the papers again.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be there.\u201d<\/p>\n
She spoke before I could hang up.<\/p>\n
\u201cClaire?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour father made mistakes too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d she said quietly. \u201cYou don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
I drove to Ethan\u2019s house that night. I did not ask whether it was convenient. He opened the door before I knocked. \u201cYou should have told me on the phone.\u201d … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9183","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\/9183","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=9183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9203,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9183\/revisions\/9203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}