For several seconds, I thought I had misunderstood Diane.<\/p>\n
The words made sense individually.<\/p>\n
Together, they did not.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt belongs to Mark\u2019s father.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark\u2019s father is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane looked toward the hotel-room door.<\/p>\n
Not at me.<\/p>\n
Not at the document.<\/p>\n
The door.<\/p>\n
As though some part of her expected Mark to appear and rescue her from the consequences of speaking too quickly.<\/p>\n
I repeated, \u201cMark told me his father died twelve years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told you his father was dead?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her expression changed again.<\/p>\n
Not surprise exactly.<\/p>\n
Calculation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEarly in our relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat his father had a heart attack. That they weren\u2019t close at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane sat down very slowly.<\/p>\n
The anger that had carried her into the room seemed to drain out of her.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the Westchester address again.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
She pressed both hands together.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis father\u2019s name is Richard.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo he is alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room went quiet.<\/p>\n
I felt exhausted in a way that had nothing to do with sleep.<\/p>\n
Every time I thought we had reached the bottom, someone opened another door.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is Richard?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWestchester.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn that house?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor how long?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlmost nine years.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re telling me Mark\u2019s father has been living forty minutes away this entire time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Mark told me he was dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
Her eyes hardened slightly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s his story to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSophie.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. You brought me a financial document involving my condo and a house owned by the supposedly dead father of my husband. You don\u2019t get to retreat into privacy now.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked down.<\/p>\n
For the first time, Diane seemed older than I had ever seen her.<\/p>\n
Not polished.<\/p>\n
Not commanding.<\/p>\n
Just tired.<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard destroyed our family.\u201d<\/p>\n
The sentence came quietly.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe gambled.\u201d<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first, normal things. Sports. Cards. Then larger bets. Private games. Online accounts. Borrowing.\u201d<\/p>\n
My grip loosened on the Harbor Ridge memo.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEnough.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not a number.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSeveral hundred thousand over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark\u2019s debts suddenly felt hereditary in the ugliest possible way.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he lose the house?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe nearly did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMark saved it.\u201d<\/p>\n
I frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow old was Mark?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty-six.\u201d<\/p>\n
That would have been before Mercer Consulting became what he considered successful.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe used savings. A loan. Some money from me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Richard?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe promised he would stop.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he?\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane gave me a flat look.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course not.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe borrowed against the property without telling us. Then borrowed from people we didn\u2019t know. There were calls. Threats.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cActual threats?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of us.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the memo again.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why does Richard still own the house?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe technically owns part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPart?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ownership became complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n
That word again.<\/p>\n
\u201cExplain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter one of his debts nearly forced a sale, Mark arranged for a trust and lien structure so Richard could remain there but couldn\u2019t easily borrow against it again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho controls it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark has some control.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEnough to include the property in a financing memo?\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked away.<\/p>\n
\u201cApparently.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sat across from her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy did Mark tell me Richard was dead?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he stopped speaking to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat doesn\u2019t make him dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know Mark had told me that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I watched her face.<\/p>\n
For once, I believed her.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Richard know about me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
That hurt in a different way.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knew I existed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he know we were engaged?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he know we got married?\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane\u2019s silence answered.<\/p>\n
I stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo everyone knew everything except me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not fair.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is becoming statistically accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n
She flinched.<\/p>\n
I walked toward the window.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy wasn\u2019t Richard at the wedding?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMark wouldn\u2019t allow it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Richard want to come?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I turned.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe called Mark three weeks ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe called me first.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he want?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo attend.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMark said no.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he did not want you asking questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
The answer was so simple that it took a moment to hurt.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout the past.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. About the fact that his supposedly dead father was standing at our reception?\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I laughed once, without humor.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe entire wedding was built around what I wasn\u2019t supposed to know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not true.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHis company debt. Harbor Ridge. Daniel. Northstar. My condo. Richard. What exactly was I supposed to know?\u201d<\/p>\n
She had no answer.<\/p>\n
I looked down at the three-property memo.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was this structure?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t understand all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMark believed that if he could combine available equity across several properties, he might qualify for a larger refinancing facility.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy condo, your Connecticut house, Richard\u2019s Westchester house.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Richard agree?\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
My skin prickled.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he even know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Mark was counting another property he didn\u2019t fully control.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said nothing.<\/p>\n
Pattern.<\/p>\n
Always the same pattern.<\/p>\n
Expected access.<\/p>\n
Expected consent.<\/p>\n
Future agreement.<\/p>\n
People became resources in advance.<\/p>\n
I called Mark.<\/p>\n
He answered on the third ring.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour father is alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Not confusion.<\/p>\n
Not surprise.<\/p>\n
Just silence.<\/p>\n
I continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cDiane is sitting in front of me.\u201d<\/p>\n
He exhaled slowly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she tell you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat Richard lives in Westchester.\u201d<\/p>\n
More silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat you arranged the property structure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat he wanted to come to our wedding.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark said quietly, \u201cShe had no right.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is what you care about?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou told me he was dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
His breathing changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I wanted him dead to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why say heart attack?\u201d<\/p>\n
Another silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause if I told you the truth, you would ask questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
There it was.<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cQuestions you didn\u2019t want to answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he gamble?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he nearly destroy your family financially?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you save the house?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid that start your obsession with fixing everyone\u2019s financial disasters?\u201d<\/p>\n
That stopped him.<\/p>\n
Diane looked at me sharply.<\/p>\n
I had not planned the question.<\/p>\n
It arrived from everything I had seen.<\/p>\n
Richard\u2019s losses.<\/p>\n
Diane\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
Mercer Consulting.<\/p>\n
My condo.<\/p>\n
Mark did not answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sat down.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Richard got into trouble, what happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe called me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you fixed it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Diane wanted the Connecticut house?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe called me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you fixed it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen your business began failing?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI tried to fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith other people\u2019s money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Daniel wanted out?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI settled.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the company needed cash?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI borrowed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you thought I might say no?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI waited.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every answer became part of the same structure.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does Richard have to do with the three-property memo?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark\u2019s voice hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat wasn\u2019t my question.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI considered using his property as part of the refinancing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he agree?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you think he would?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I could convince him.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
Exactly.<\/p>\n
Again.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat percentage of that house do you control?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot enough to pledge it alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the memo was aspirational.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLike my consent.\u201d<\/p>\n
He did not argue.<\/p>\n
That silence mattered.<\/p>\n
I looked toward Diane.<\/p>\n
She was crying quietly now.<\/p>\n
Not theatrically.<\/p>\n
She had turned her face away.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Richard know about the condo plan?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he know about Harbor Ridge?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he know Mercer Consulting was failing?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he would use it.\u201d<\/p>\n
I frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo get back in.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBack into what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Something changed in Mark\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n
Anger gave way to fear.<\/p>\n
Real fear.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe always does this. He disappears when he\u2019s ashamed, then comes back when somebody is vulnerable. He apologizes. He promises. He needs one small thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
I knew the pattern.<\/p>\n
Because Mark had recreated it with me.<\/p>\n
Not gambling.<\/p>\n
But dependency.<\/p>\n
Pressure.<\/p>\n
Emergency.<\/p>\n
One more chance.<\/p>\n
One more loan.<\/p>\n
One more asset.<\/p>\n
\u201cHas he asked you for money recently?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane looked up sharply.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
I put him on speaker.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLast month.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou told me he hadn\u2019t called.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI lied.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did Richard want?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cFifty thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane covered her mouth.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor gambling?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said no.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you believe him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you give it to him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Relief came too quickly.<\/p>\n
Then Mark added, \u201cI gave him twenty.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane swore.<\/p>\n
My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom where?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy personal line.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe same finances already collapsing?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought if I gave him something, he\u2019d leave me alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at Diane.<\/p>\n
Her face had gone white.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what he does,\u201d Mark said.<\/p>\n
His voice shook now.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe makes you feel like refusing is violence.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stopped breathing for a moment.<\/p>\n
Because I had heard echoes of that logic for days.<\/p>\n
If I refused the condo, employees suffered.<\/p>\n
If I refused money, the company died.<\/p>\n
If I refused Diane, family failed.<\/p>\n
Maybe Mark had learned to use pressure because he had spent half his life surviving it.<\/p>\n
That explained something.<\/p>\n
It did not excuse it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy did you tell me Richard was dead instead of estranged?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was ashamed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOr of yourself?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Then:<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
Diane sank back into the chair.<\/p>\n
For several moments, nobody spoke.<\/p>\n
Then I asked, \u201cIs the twenty thousand part of the debts you disclosed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
Even now.<\/p>\n
Another hidden number.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything else involving Richard?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen send me the trust documents for the Westchester house.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause my address is on a memo beside his.\u201d<\/p>\n
He hesitated.<\/p>\n
Then: \u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n
After we hung up, Diane whispered, \u201cI didn\u2019t know he gave Richard money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe you.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at me.<\/p>\n
The acknowledgment mattered to her.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe always gives in eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo Richard?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
I thought about that.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe doesn\u2019t give in.\u201d<\/p>\n
She frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe fixes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s the difference?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGiving in admits someone else made the decision. Mark needs to believe he chose the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane stared at me.<\/p>\n
Then she looked down.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds like his father.\u201d<\/p>\n
I wondered if she realized what she had said.<\/p>\n
An hour later, Mark emailed the Westchester documents.<\/p>\n
Helen reviewed them.<\/p>\n
The house was held through a complicated arrangement involving Richard, a trust, and security rights created after prior debts. Mark had authority over certain refinancing decisions but not unilateral power to pledge the property.<\/p>\n
The three-property memo overstated his practical control.<\/p>\n
Again.<\/p>\n
At the bottom of the file set was a letter from Richard.<\/p>\n
Dated two weeks before the wedding.<\/p>\n
Mark\u2014<\/p>\n
I heard from your mother that you\u2019re getting married. I know you don\u2019t want me there. I won\u2019t force it. But you should tell her I exist before you marry her. If you don\u2019t, you\u2019re starting your marriage with the same kind of lie you always hated me for.<\/p>\n
I stopped reading.<\/p>\n
The irony was almost unbearable.<\/p>\n
The man Mark despised for deception had warned him not to deceive me.<\/p>\n
There was a second paragraph.<\/p>\n
And if you\u2019re still planning to use this house for the company, the answer is no. I already told you. Stop putting things on paper before people agree to them.<\/p>\n
I stared at that sentence.<\/p>\n
Stop putting things on paper before people agree to them.<\/p>\n
Richard knew the pattern too.<\/p>\n
I picked up my phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cCall him,\u201d Diane said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at the letter.<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have his number?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes Mark know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course not.<\/p>\n
Diane unlocked her phone and placed it on the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you should hear from him yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the number.<\/p>\n
Then at the letter.<\/p>\n
Then I pressed call.<\/p>\n
A man answered on the fourth ring.<\/p>\n
\u201cHello?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard Mercer?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy name is Sophie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Then a long breath.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark\u2019s wife.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said nothing for several seconds.<\/p>\n
Finally:<\/p>\n
\u201cSo he told you I\u2019m alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at Diane.<\/p>\n
\u201cI found out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard\u2019s voice became very quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds more like him.\u201d<\/p>\n
For several seconds, I thought I had misunderstood Diane. The words made sense individually. Together, they did not. \u201cIt belongs to Mark\u2019s father.\u201d I stared at her. \u201cMark\u2019s father is … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feel-one-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15209,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15158\/revisions\/15209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}