Thomas Bell called the next morning.<\/p>\n
I almost ignored it.<\/p>\n
Marissa's father and I had never been close.<\/p>\n
Our relationship had always been courteous.<\/p>\n
Birthdays.<\/p>\n
Graduations.<\/p>\n
Holiday meals.<\/p>\n
He was the kind of man who spoke in polished sentences and rarely revealed whether he liked what he was eating.<\/p>\n
"Raymond," he said, "I'd like to talk."<\/p>\n
"About the mortgage application?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"Julian has the records."<\/p>\n
"I know."<\/p>\n
"Then talk to him."<\/p>\n
"I will."<\/p>\n
There was a pause.<\/p>\n
"But I owe you a conversation."<\/p>\n
That phrase got my attention.<\/p>\n
"When?"<\/p>\n
"Today."<\/p>\n
He arrived after lunch.<\/p>\n
Unlike Marissa, Thomas removed his coat and folded it carefully over the back of a chair.<\/p>\n
He brought nothing.<\/p>\n
No folder.<\/p>\n
No rehearsed apology on paper.<\/p>\n
He sat.<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
"I knew they were discussing your house."<\/p>\n
"How much did you know?"<\/p>\n
"More than I should have tolerated."<\/p>\n
"That's vague."<\/p>\n
"I knew they hoped to persuade you to sell."<\/p>\n
"Did you know about the application?"<\/p>\n
"Not until after Marissa started it."<\/p>\n
"Started it with your friend."<\/p>\n
He nodded.<\/p>\n
"Gerald."<\/p>\n
"How long have you known him?"<\/p>\n
"Thirty years."<\/p>\n
"Did you ask him to help her?"<\/p>\n
"No."<\/p>\n
"Did you tell him to stop?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"When?"<\/p>\n
"Once I learned what she was doing."<\/p>\n
I watched him.<\/p>\n
"Did he?"<\/p>\n
"He said nothing formal could proceed without you."<\/p>\n
"That's not the same as stopping."<\/p>\n
"No."<\/p>\n
"Did you report him?"<\/p>\n
"No."<\/p>\n
"Why?"<\/p>\n
Thomas looked down.<\/p>\n
"Because he was my friend."<\/p>\n
There it was.<\/p>\n
Another person protecting someone because consequences felt worse when attached to a familiar face.<\/p>\n
"And because Marissa was my daughter."<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"So you understood it was wrong."<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"But hoped it would disappear."<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
I leaned back.<\/p>\n
"Welcome to the family."<\/p>\n
He gave a tired smile.<\/p>\n
"I probably deserve that."<\/p>\n
"What else do you know?"<\/p>\n
Thomas's expression changed.<\/p>\n
"About Preston's finances?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"A lot."<\/p>\n
That answer surprised me.<\/p>\n
"More than Marissa told me?"<\/p>\n
"Probably."<\/p>\n
"Then start."<\/p>\n
He pulled a notebook from his coat pocket.<\/p>\n
Of course he had one.<\/p>\n
Accountants apparently brought numbers the way normal people brought umbrellas.<\/p>\n
He opened it.<\/p>\n
"The business debt is roughly what Preston told you."<\/p>\n
"One hundred forty-three thousand plus the additional loan."<\/p>\n
"Correct."<\/p>\n
"Personal debt around seventy."<\/p>\n
"Closer to eighty-two."<\/p>\n
I wrote that down.<\/p>\n
"What else?"<\/p>\n
"Tax liabilities."<\/p>\n
My pen stopped.<\/p>\n
"How much?"<\/p>\n
"Possibly forty thousand."<\/p>\n
"Possibly?"<\/p>\n
"He has unresolved payroll-tax issues."<\/p>\n
I felt a slow pressure build behind my eyes.<\/p>\n
"Does Preston know?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"Did he tell me?"<\/p>\n
"I don't know."<\/p>\n
"He didn't."<\/p>\n
Thomas sighed.<\/p>\n
"The number isn't final."<\/p>\n
"That does not make it imaginary."<\/p>\n
"No."<\/p>\n
"Anything else?"<\/p>\n
"A personal guarantee tied to equipment financing."<\/p>\n
"Amount?"<\/p>\n
"Thirty-one thousand remaining."<\/p>\n
I stared at my notes.<\/p>\n
More than three hundred thousand dollars once everything was added.<\/p>\n
I looked at Thomas.<\/p>\n
"You knew all this."<\/p>\n
"Most."<\/p>\n
"And still let your daughter believe my house could fix it."<\/p>\n
"I didn't."<\/p>\n
"You calculated my equity."<\/p>\n
"To show her it wouldn't."<\/p>\n
"That still made my house part of the arithmetic."<\/p>\n
He took that without argument.<\/p>\n
"You're right."<\/p>\n
I wasn't prepared for agreement.<\/p>\n
Thomas continued.<\/p>\n
"I should have told her the conversation itself was unacceptable."<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"I didn't."<\/p>\n
"Why?"<\/p>\n
"Because she was terrified."<\/p>\n
"So was Preston."<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"Apparently terror has become our family's preferred excuse."<\/p>\n
Thomas looked at me steadily.<\/p>\n
"An explanation isn't an excuse."<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
"I've been saying that for weeks."<\/p>\n
"Then perhaps we're finally agreeing on something."<\/p>\n
I studied him.<\/p>\n
"What are you really here to tell me?"<\/p>\n
He closed the notebook.<\/p>\n
"There's another creditor."<\/p>\n
I felt my stomach sink.<\/p>\n
"Private lender?"<\/p>\n
"Not exactly."<\/p>\n
"What does that mean?"<\/p>\n
"A man who invested in Preston's company."<\/p>\n
"Equity?"<\/p>\n
"Originally."<\/p>\n
"And now?"<\/p>\n
"Now he claims Preston personally guaranteed repayment."<\/p>\n
"Who?"<\/p>\n
"Victor Shaw."<\/p>\n
The name meant nothing.<\/p>\n
"What does he want?"<\/p>\n
"Money."<\/p>\n
"How much?"<\/p>\n
"About sixty thousand."<\/p>\n
"Is that included in the totals?"<\/p>\n
"No."<\/p>\n
I stared.<\/p>\n
"Then we're over three hundred fifty thousand."<\/p>\n
"Likely."<\/p>\n
"Does Preston know Shaw is claiming a personal guarantee?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"Did he sign one?"<\/p>\n
"That's disputed."<\/p>\n
"Disputed by whom?"<\/p>\n
"Preston says the document was altered."<\/p>\n
That changed the conversation.<\/p>\n
"Altered how?"<\/p>\n
"The personal-guarantee language may have been added after the original agreement."<\/p>\n
"May have?"<\/p>\n
"That's what Preston says."<\/p>\n
"Why haven't I heard this?"<\/p>\n
"Because he was embarrassed."<\/p>\n
I put the pen down.<\/p>\n
"I am becoming deeply tired of that word."<\/p>\n
Thomas nodded.<\/p>\n
"He was also frightened."<\/p>\n
"That one too."<\/p>\n
"Fair."<\/p>\n
"Is Shaw the person calling the house?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
I thought of Emma hearing repeated calls.<\/p>\n
"Threatening?"<\/p>\n
"Persistent."<\/p>\n
"Legal threats?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"Physical?"<\/p>\n
"Not that I know."<\/p>\n
"What does Shaw know about me?"<\/p>\n
Thomas hesitated.<\/p>\n
That hesitation answered too much.<\/p>\n
"What does he know?"<\/p>\n
"He knows Preston expected an inheritance."<\/p>\n
I sat very still.<\/p>\n
"How?"<\/p>\n
"Preston told him."<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
My son's anticipated inheritance had become credibility for his business.<\/p>\n
"What exactly did he tell him?"<\/p>\n
"I've only seen one message."<\/p>\n
"Which said?"<\/p>\n
Thomas opened the notebook again.<\/p>\n
"He wrote that his father owned substantial property free and clear and that family assets would eventually cover outstanding obligations if necessary."<\/p>\n
I stared at him.<\/p>\n
"Family assets."<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"My house."<\/p>\n
"Presumably."<\/p>\n
"While I was alive."<\/p>\n
Thomas said nothing.<\/p>\n
I stood and walked to the sink.<\/p>\n
Cold daylight filled the yard.<\/p>\n
A squirrel crossed the fence as if nothing in the universe had changed.<\/p>\n
I envied it.<\/p>\n
"So Victor Shaw believed my property supported Preston's debt."<\/p>\n
"Maybe informally."<\/p>\n
"There's nothing informal about sixty thousand dollars."<\/p>\n
"No."<\/p>\n
"Does Shaw have any legal claim against me?"<\/p>\n
"Not that I can see."<\/p>\n
"Against the house?"<\/p>\n
"No."<\/p>\n
"Then why are you telling me?"<\/p>\n
"Because Preston may be too ashamed to."<\/p>\n
I turned.<\/p>\n
"Have you spoken to him?"<\/p>\n
"Yesterday."<\/p>\n
"What did he say?"<\/p>\n
"That he'd handle it."<\/p>\n
I laughed.<\/p>\n
That sentence again.<\/p>\n
The Hale family motto.<\/p>\n
I'll handle it.<\/p>\n
Usually meaning nobody else gets to know until the situation is worse.<\/p>\n
"What do you think?"<\/p>\n
Thomas looked at his hands.<\/p>\n
"I think he needs a lawyer who handles commercial debt."<\/p>\n
"Julian can refer someone."<\/p>\n
"Good."<\/p>\n
"And Shaw?"<\/p>\n
"Should communicate through counsel."<\/p>\n
"Has he threatened to come here?"<\/p>\n
"I don't know."<\/p>\n
"Then I want to know."<\/p>\n
Thomas nodded.<\/p>\n
"I'll send Julian everything I have."<\/p>\n
"Everything."<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
I returned to the table.<\/p>\n
"Did Marissa know about Shaw?"<\/p>\n
"Some."<\/p>\n
"How much?"<\/p>\n
"Enough to be scared."<\/p>\n
"Did that influence the mortgage application?"<\/p>\n
"Absolutely."<\/p>\n
So there it was.<\/p>\n
The house had not just been a way to rescue the business.<\/p>\n
It had been protection against a creditor Preston feared.<\/p>\n
"Did Marissa believe Shaw could take their house?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"Could he?"<\/p>\n
"If the guarantee is enforceable and he gets judgment, eventually there could be collection actions."<\/p>\n
"And she wanted my equity first."<\/p>\n
Thomas's face tightened.<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
I sat down.<\/p>\n
For a while neither of us spoke.<\/p>\n
Then Thomas said, "I'm sorry."<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
"For what part?"<\/p>\n
"For participating in the arithmetic."<\/p>\n
That was specific enough to matter.<\/p>\n
"I looked at your house as a number."<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"I told myself I was protecting you because I kept saying the plan wouldn't work."<\/p>\n
"But you still sat at the table."<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
I nodded.<\/p>\n
"I know something about sitting quietly while bad decisions grow."<\/p>\n
He understood.<\/p>\n
Before leaving, Thomas stopped near the front door.<\/p>\n
"There's one more thing."<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
"There always is."<\/p>\n
"Marissa has been using one of my accounts."<\/p>\n
"For what?"<\/p>\n
"Living expenses."<\/p>\n
"Since the separation?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"Why is that relevant?"<\/p>\n
"Because I found a payment she made two months ago."<\/p>\n
My chest tightened.<\/p>\n
"To whom?"<\/p>\n
"Gerald Kessler."<\/p>\n
I stared.<\/p>\n
"How much?"<\/p>\n
"Three thousand dollars."<\/p>\n
"For mortgage work?"<\/p>\n
"He says consulting."<\/p>\n
"What does she say?"<\/p>\n
"She says it was a fee for trying to structure the loan."<\/p>\n
I felt cold.<\/p>\n
"Before the application failed?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"So she paid your friend to help access my house."<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"Did you know then?"<\/p>\n
"No."<\/p>\n
He handed me a copy of the transaction.<\/p>\n
I took it.<\/p>\n
"Julian gets this too."<\/p>\n
"Already sent."<\/p>\n
That was something.<\/p>\n
After Thomas left, I called Preston.<\/p>\n
"Come over."<\/p>\n
He heard something in my voice.<\/p>\n
"What happened?"<\/p>\n
"Come over."<\/p>\n
He arrived in forty minutes.<\/p>\n
I put the new numbers on the table.<\/p>\n
Tax debt.<\/p>\n
Equipment guarantee.<\/p>\n
Victor Shaw.<\/p>\n
Sixty thousand.<\/p>\n
Preston stared.<\/p>\n
"You talked to Thomas."<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"He shouldn't have\u2014"<\/p>\n
I raised one hand.<\/p>\n
"No."<\/p>\n
He stopped.<\/p>\n
"Do not start with what other people shouldn't have told me."<\/p>\n
He looked down.<\/p>\n
"You're right."<\/p>\n
"Tell me about Shaw."<\/p>\n
Preston sat.<\/p>\n
"He invested."<\/p>\n
"How much?"<\/p>\n
"Fifty thousand originally."<\/p>\n
"Why does he want sixty?"<\/p>\n
"Returns. Fees. He says penalties."<\/p>\n
"Did you personally guarantee it?"<\/p>\n
"No."<\/p>\n
"He says you did."<\/p>\n
"The document he has isn't the one I signed."<\/p>\n
That sounded serious.<\/p>\n
"Do you have your copy?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"Where?"<\/p>\n
"Home."<\/p>\n
"Bring it to Julian."<\/p>\n
"I was going to."<\/p>\n
"When?"<\/p>\n
He exhaled.<\/p>\n
"Tomorrow."<\/p>\n
"Good."<\/p>\n
"What did Thomas tell you about my taxes?"<\/p>\n
"Enough."<\/p>\n
Preston's shoulders fell.<\/p>\n
"I was going to tell you."<\/p>\n
"That phrase should be banned."<\/p>\n
"I know."<\/p>\n
"No. Stop saying you know."<\/p>\n
He looked at me.<\/p>\n
"Then what do you want?"<\/p>\n
"I want you to tell me why every new fact has to be excavated."<\/p>\n
His face tightened.<\/p>\n
"Because every new fact makes me look worse."<\/p>\n
"That's called consequence."<\/p>\n
"I know."<\/p>\n
He stopped himself.<\/p>\n
"Sorry."<\/p>\n
I almost smiled.<\/p>\n
"Better."<\/p>\n
He leaned forward.<\/p>\n
"I am telling people now."<\/p>\n
"Not fast enough."<\/p>\n
"I'm trying."<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
He was.<\/p>\n
That complicated anger.<\/p>\n
If he had remained entirely dishonest, decisions would have been simpler.<\/p>\n
Instead he was changing while still carrying the damage from everything he'd done before.<\/p>\n
"Did you tell Shaw about my house?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"Exactly what?"<\/p>\n
He closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
"I told him I was likely to inherit it."<\/p>\n
"Why?"<\/p>\n
"Because I needed him to believe I had backing."<\/p>\n
"So you used my death as collateral."<\/p>\n
His eyes opened.<\/p>\n
"I didn't think of it like that."<\/p>\n
"Of course not."<\/p>\n
"Dad."<\/p>\n
"How old was I when you said this?"<\/p>\n
He looked confused.<\/p>\n
"What?"<\/p>\n
"Sixty-eight?"<\/p>\n
"Probably."<\/p>\n
"Healthy?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"Living independently?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
"And you were reassuring a creditor with the idea that eventually I'd die and leave you property."<\/p>\n
His face crumpled.<\/p>\n
"I hate hearing it like that."<\/p>\n
"Good."<\/p>\n
"I wasn't waiting for you to die."<\/p>\n
"I know."<\/p>\n
"Then don't make it sound like\u2014"<\/p>\n
"I am making it sound like what it was financially."<\/p>\n
He covered his face.<\/p>\n
"I'm sorry."<\/p>\n
This time I didn't stop him.<\/p>\n
I let the apology sit.<\/p>\n
Then I slid Thomas's note across the table.<\/p>\n
"Shaw may be your immediate problem."<\/p>\n
"He is."<\/p>\n
"Then handle him with counsel."<\/p>\n
"I will."<\/p>\n
"No private meetings."<\/p>\n
"Okay."<\/p>\n
"No new loans."<\/p>\n
He looked away.<\/p>\n
"Preston."<\/p>\n
"Okay."<\/p>\n
"No borrowing from anyone to pay someone else."<\/p>\n
"I said okay."<\/p>\n
"Good."<\/p>\n
He stood.<\/p>\n
"Anything else?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
He waited.<\/p>\n
"Tell Emma enough truth that she stops imagining worse things."<\/p>\n
His expression changed.<\/p>\n
"I don't want her involved."<\/p>\n
"She's already involved."<\/p>\n
"I want to protect her."<\/p>\n
"Then stop making secrecy your version of protection."<\/p>\n
That reached him.<\/p>\n
He nodded.<\/p>\n
"I'll talk to her."<\/p>\n
After he left, I called Julian.<\/p>\n
He listened to everything Thomas had told me.<\/p>\n
When I finished, he said, "We need to separate the matters."<\/p>\n
"What matters?"<\/p>\n
"Your identity issue and mortgage inquiry are one. Preston's business debts are another. Shaw is a third. Family relationships are a fourth."<\/p>\n
"They're all tangled."<\/p>\n
"Emotionally, yes."<\/p>\n
"Legally?"<\/p>\n
"Not necessarily."<\/p>\n
"That's good?"<\/p>\n
"Usually."<\/p>\n
I rubbed my forehead.<\/p>\n
"Can Shaw touch my property?"<\/p>\n
"Not based on what you've told me."<\/p>\n
"Even if Preston promised future inheritance?"<\/p>\n
"A hoped-for inheritance isn't ownership."<\/p>\n
"Good."<\/p>\n
"But."<\/p>\n
I hated that word.<\/p>\n
"What?"<\/p>\n
"If Preston represented that he had access to family assets, it may affect his dispute with Shaw."<\/p>\n
"His problem."<\/p>\n
"Correct."<\/p>\n
Julian sounded pleased.<\/p>\n
"What?"<\/p>\n
"Nothing."<\/p>\n
"You sounded surprised."<\/p>\n
"I'm noticing progress."<\/p>\n
"Don't become sentimental."<\/p>\n
He laughed.<\/p>\n
Then his voice turned serious.<\/p>\n
"There's another reason I want you cautious."<\/p>\n
"Which is?"<\/p>\n
"Kessler's brokerage has contacted us."<\/p>\n
"Why?"<\/p>\n
"They received our document request."<\/p>\n
"And?"<\/p>\n
"They want to resolve the matter privately."<\/p>\n
I stared at the wall.<\/p>\n
"Meaning?"<\/p>\n
"They're concerned."<\/p>\n
"Should they be?"<\/p>\n
"Yes."<\/p>\n
I thought of Gerald Kessler taking Marissa's information, creating a borrower profile in my name, and accepting three thousand dollars.<\/p>\n
"What do they want?"<\/p>\n
"A meeting."<\/p>\n
"When?"<\/p>\n
"Next week."<\/p>\n
"With me?"<\/p>\n
"With us."<\/p>\n
I looked through the window.<\/p>\n
For once, I felt no urgency to rush.<\/p>\n
"Fine."<\/p>\n
"Raymond."<\/p>\n
"Yes?"<\/p>\n
"Do not contact Kessler directly."<\/p>\n
"I wasn't planning to."<\/p>\n
"Good."<\/p>\n
"Julian?"<\/p>\n
"Yes?"<\/p>\n
"Do people really spend their whole lives creating these kinds of messes?"<\/p>\n
"Constantly."<\/p>\n
"That makes me feel worse."<\/p>\n
"It was not intended as comfort."<\/p>\n
The following evening Preston called.<\/p>\n
He had spoken to Emma.<\/p>\n
"How did it go?"<\/p>\n
"She told me I was an idiot."<\/p>\n
"Reasonable."<\/p>\n
"Then she hugged me."<\/p>\n
"Also reasonable."<\/p>\n
He paused.<\/p>\n
"I told her about the business."<\/p>\n
"All of it?"<\/p>\n
"Enough."<\/p>\n
"Define enough."<\/p>\n
"That I made bad financial decisions, used money I shouldn't have, and that closing the company is part of fixing it."<\/p>\n
"Good."<\/p>\n
"I didn't tell her about Shaw."<\/p>\n
"Why?"<\/p>\n
"Because lawyers are handling it."<\/p>\n
I considered that.<\/p>\n
"Fair."<\/p>\n
He hesitated.<\/p>\n
"She asked if I was going back to the reservoir."<\/p>\n
My chest tightened.<\/p>\n
"What did you say?"<\/p>\n
"That I'm getting help."<\/p>\n
"Good."<\/p>\n
"She asked if that meant no."<\/p>\n
"What did you say?"<\/p>\n
Preston's voice became quiet.<\/p>\n
"I told her I couldn't promise I'd never feel that bad again. But I promised I'd call somebody before I drove anywhere."<\/p>\n
That was perhaps the most responsible thing he'd said in weeks.<\/p>\n
"Good."<\/p>\n
"Dad?"<\/p>\n
"Yes?"<\/p>\n
"I'm scared."<\/p>\n
"Of Shaw?"<\/p>\n
"Everything."<\/p>\n
I leaned against the kitchen counter.<\/p>\n
"So am I."<\/p>\n
"You don't sound like it."<\/p>\n
"That's because I'm seventy and have had practice pretending."<\/p>\n
He laughed softly.<\/p>\n
Then he said, "Maybe we should stop doing that."<\/p>\n
I thought of Eleanor.<\/p>\n
Of both of us protecting each other by hiding fear.<\/p>\n
"Yes," I said. "Maybe we should."<\/p>\n
The next morning, Julian forwarded me a copy of a letter from Victor Shaw's attorney.<\/p>\n
The language was formal.<\/p>\n
Cold.<\/p>\n
Demanding.<\/p>\n
But one sentence mattered more than the rest.<\/p>\n
It referred to "representations concerning anticipated family property."<\/p>\n
My house had entered the dispute after all.<\/p>\n
Not legally.<\/p>\n
Not yet.<\/p>\n
But in writing.<\/p>\n
And beneath that phrase was the shape of a problem I had not fully understood.<\/p>\n
Preston hadn't simply thought of my inheritance as future money.<\/p>\n
He had told other people to think of it that way too.<\/p>\n
Thomas Bell called the next morning. I almost ignored it. Marissa's father and I had never been close. Our relationship had always been courteous. Birthdays. Graduations. Holiday meals. He was … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15506","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\/15506","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=15506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15552,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15506\/revisions\/15552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}