\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s answer came through the phone broken by a breath.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t take the money.\u201d<\/p>\n
I watched Harold across the conference table.<\/p>\n
He gave no sign of relief.<\/p>\n
Neither did I.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you agree to anything?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat depends what you mean.\u201d<\/p>\n
My chest tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means exactly what it sounds like.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI signed something.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harold\u2019s hand moved instantly toward his legal pad.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel swallowed audibly.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn acknowledgment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat if you eventually transferred the shares to me, I intended to sell them to Richard.\u201d<\/p>\n
For several seconds, I heard nothing except the faint electrical hum from Harold\u2019s lights.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou signed an agreement to sell something you didn\u2019t own.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t supposed to be binding.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat makes it intelligent?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSix months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe same time Richard offered you three million?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I rubbed my forehead.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
He stopped.<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was an opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor you.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice cracked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harold extended a hand toward the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cPut him on speaker.\u201d<\/p>\n
I did.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel,\u201d Harold said, \u201cthis is Harold Mercer, your father\u2019s attorney.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI need you to answer carefully. Do you have a copy of what you signed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid anyone give you one?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard\u2019s attorney emailed documents.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo your personal account?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not delete anything. Do not forward anything. Do not alter the files.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel sounded frightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cAm I in trouble?\u201d<\/p>\n
Harold glanced at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat depends on the document and what representations were made. For now, preserve everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
I leaned toward the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt home.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEmily there?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVictoria?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCome to my house at noon.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDad, the closing\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI do not care about the closing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re saying the company could lose millions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen Richard should have thought about that before building a transaction on shares that did not belong to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel did not answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you understand me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNoon.\u201d<\/p>\n
I ended the call.<\/p>\n
Harold leaned back.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re calmer than I expected.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not calm.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. I\u2019m old.\u201d<\/p>\n
He almost smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy anger gets tired faster.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat may be the wisest thing you\u2019ve ever said.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t write it down.\u201d<\/p>\n
He turned the legal pad toward himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need the agreement Daniel signed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also need to determine whether Richard represented to lenders that he had a committed path to your shares.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat would that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt depends. At minimum, potentially serious disclosure problems.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd at maximum?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not speculating before I see documents.\u201d<\/p>\n
I nodded.<\/p>\n
That was why I trusted Harold.<\/p>\n
Ruth had trusted facts.<\/p>\n
Not moods.<\/p>\n
Not impressions.<\/p>\n
Not stories people told about themselves.<\/p>\n
Facts.<\/p>\n
I looked at the ownership chart again.<\/p>\n
\u201cExplain this to me like I\u2019m not a lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat requires imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harold tapped my name.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are one of Merritt\u2019s largest individual outside shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow did that happen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou invested early, retained your position and acquired additional shares during two capital raises.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRuth did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou both did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRuth made the decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou signed the checks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUsually after she told me where.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harold smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe important part is that your holdings carry protections negotiated during the restructuring.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Richard doesn\u2019t know the full extent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe appears not to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow is that possible?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDifferent entities. Old records. Custodial structures. Reporting changes. Your position is disclosed where legally required, but Richard evidently relied on simplified internal schedules.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds careless.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes his board know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome members may.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPatricia Sloan?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLikely.\u201d<\/p>\n
I remembered Daniel saying Patricia had corrected Richard at dinner.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe knew who I was?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe may have known Bennett Holdings. Whether she knew you controlled it is another question.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo someone told them after I left.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I thought of Richard standing inside his enormous doorway, drink in hand, watching me leave.<\/p>\n
Hours later he discovered the old man with the dented Ford had rights his acquisition needed.<\/p>\n
The irony was almost too neat.<\/p>\n
That made me distrust it.<\/p>\n
Life rarely arranges itself for satisfaction.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would Richard need my shares if he only needs my approval?\u201d<\/p>\n
Harold grew serious.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the question.\u201d<\/p>\n
He pulled another file closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are two possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m listening.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst, he wanted control. Your position, combined with his family holdings, could have strengthened his voting bloc after the acquisition.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd second?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe expected something to happen that made your shareholder protections dangerous to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat kind of something?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRelated-party transfers. Debt restructuring. A change in voting control. Transactions involving family-owned entities.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re saying he might have wanted my shares gone because I could challenge what he was doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m saying we need documents.\u201d<\/p>\n
Again.<\/p>\n
Facts.<\/p>\n
Ruth would have approved.<\/p>\n
By nine thirty, Merritt\u2019s outside counsel had called Harold twice.<\/p>\n
Richard called my phone seven more times.<\/p>\n
Victoria sent a message.<\/p>\n
Lucas, whatever happened yesterday should remain separate from business. Please do not act emotionally.<\/p>\n
I showed Harold.<\/p>\n
He read it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe manages to accuse you of being emotional while asking you for help.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI noticed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you replying?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I turned off the phone.<\/p>\n
We spent another hour reviewing the old records.<\/p>\n
That was when Harold found the first irregularity.<\/p>\n
It was buried in an agreement from twenty-one years earlier.<\/p>\n
Merritt Development had transferred money to another company owned by Richard\u2019s father.<\/p>\n
The transfer was described as a short-term intercompany loan.<\/p>\n
Harold frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was repaid.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what\u2019s wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe timing.\u201d<\/p>\n
He placed two pages beside each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe loan occurred immediately before your first investment closed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the financial statements provided to investors should have disclosed it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid they?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at the numbers.<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard was young then.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn his forties.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat feels young now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLucas.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not defending him. I\u2019m trying to understand whether this matters.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt matters because Ruth questioned it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He pointed to a handwritten note attached to the agreement.<\/p>\n
The handwriting was unmistakable.<\/p>\n
Ask Richard why his father\u2019s company receives money before investor close. Get answer in writing.<\/p>\n
I could see Ruth at our kitchen table making that note.<\/p>\n
She wrote hard when she was irritated, pressing the pen into the paper.<\/p>\n
Below it was another sentence.<\/p>\n
He says temporary. Watch.<\/p>\n
One word.<\/p>\n
Watch.<\/p>\n
My skin prickled.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe suspected.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI need the old correspondence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly in your files.\u201d<\/p>\n
I remembered the unopened envelope.<\/p>\n
The one marked Richard Merritt \u2014 keep everything.<\/p>\n
We left Harold\u2019s office shortly after eleven and drove separately to my house.<\/p>\n
My phone remained off.<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s car was already in the driveway when I arrived.<\/p>\n
He stood beside it with Emily.<\/p>\n
Neither had come inside.<\/p>\n
Daniel looked as though he had not slept.<\/p>\n
Emily wore no makeup and held her coat closed with both hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re early.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t know where else to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
I unlocked the door.<\/p>\n
Inside, Daniel glanced toward the living room.<\/p>\n
Ruth\u2019s photograph sat where it always had.<\/p>\n
His eyes lingered on it.<\/p>\n
Emily remained near the entryway.<\/p>\n
\u201cLucas.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry about yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
I took off my coat.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich part?\u201d<\/p>\n
Her face reddened.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s broad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked toward Daniel.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy parents told us you knew the dinner was limited.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI did not.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn\u2019t yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
She lowered her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harold came in carrying his briefcase.<\/p>\n
Emily stiffened.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is legal now?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt became legal six months ago,\u201d Harold said, \u201cwhen Daniel signed a document involving property he did not own.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel flinched.<\/p>\n
I almost felt sorry for him.<\/p>\n
Almost.<\/p>\n
We went to the living room.<\/p>\n
Daniel emailed the agreement to Harold.<\/p>\n
While Harold read, I watched my son.<\/p>\n
He kept rubbing the same spot on his thumb.<\/p>\n
He had done that since childhood whenever he was afraid.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should have told me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Richard approached you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen he offered the money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you signed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I leaned forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cStop saying you know.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked up.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you want me to say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m telling you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. You\u2019re giving me facts because you got caught. I\u2019m asking why.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s face tightened.<\/p>\n
He looked toward Emily.<\/p>\n
Then at the floor.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I wanted him to respect me.\u201d<\/p>\n
No one moved.<\/p>\n
Emily closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
I had expected greed.<\/p>\n
Fear.<\/p>\n
Pressure.<\/p>\n
Not that.<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe always treated me like I was temporary.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou married his daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat didn\u2019t change it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat would?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSuccess.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I studied my son.<\/p>\n
The explanation did not excuse him.<\/p>\n
But suddenly I understood the shape of the wound.<\/p>\n
Richard had wealth, influence, buildings with his name on them.<\/p>\n
Daniel had spent years entering rooms where everyone knew who his father-in-law was and almost no one cared who his father was.<\/p>\n
I had mistaken his ambition for independence.<\/p>\n
Perhaps some of it had been hunger for approval.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said if I became part of Merritt, I\u2019d finally have something substantial.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have a career.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe called it middle management.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou own a house.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe helped us buy it.\u201d<\/p>\n
That surprised me.<\/p>\n
I looked at Emily.<\/p>\n
She nodded miserably.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of the down payment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo hundred thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n
I leaned back.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you never told me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew what you\u2019d say.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat money with conditions isn\u2019t a gift.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked toward Ruth\u2019s picture.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was Mom\u2019s line.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He swallowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe told me that too.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room went quiet.<\/p>\n
Harold suddenly looked up from his laptop.<\/p>\n
\u201cLucas.\u201d<\/p>\n
His tone changed everything.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis agreement is worse than Daniel described.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
Harold turned the screen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe acknowledgment includes a representation that Daniel has a reasonable expectation of receiving your shares.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at my son.<\/p>\n
\u201cBased on what?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stared at the paragraph.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t notice that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harold\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou signed it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know, but Richard said\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNever tell a lawyer you signed something because someone told you what it said.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel sat down again.<\/p>\n
Harold continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s also a side letter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never saw that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was in the package.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does it say?\u201d<\/p>\n
Harold read silently.<\/p>\n
Then his jaw tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt indicates Merritt intended to use Daniel\u2019s expected acquisition of Lucas\u2019s holdings to satisfy a post-closing control requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n
I frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnglish.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey told someone financing the acquisition that your shares were expected to become available.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout asking me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Emily covered her mouth.<\/p>\n
Daniel went pale.<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard told me it was hypothetical.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harold looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he tell you the lenders were relying on it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he tell you your signed acknowledgment would be included in transaction materials?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked toward the filing cabinet in the hall.<\/p>\n
Ruth had warned Daniel about Richard years before this agreement existed.<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
I stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cHarold.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe envelope.\u201d<\/p>\n
We went to the study.<\/p>\n
I removed it from the desk.<\/p>\n
Richard Merritt \u2014 keep everything.<\/p>\n
The seal resisted slightly before opening.<\/p>\n
Inside were copies of correspondence, old bank records and several handwritten pages.<\/p>\n
On top was a letter addressed to me.<\/p>\n
Not mailed.<\/p>\n
Not dated recently.<\/p>\n
Written in Ruth\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n
Lucas,<\/p>\n
If you are reading this because something has happened involving Merritt, read everything before you decide what to do.<\/p>\n
I stopped.<\/p>\n
Behind me, Daniel whispered, \u201cMom wrote that?\u201d<\/p>\n
I turned.<\/p>\n
He had followed us into the study.<\/p>\n
His face looked younger suddenly.<\/p>\n
Frightened.<\/p>\n
I looked back at the page.<\/p>\n
The next line made my hand tighten around the paper.<\/p>\n
Richard once asked me to keep something from you.<\/p>\n
I read it twice.<\/p>\n
Daniel stepped closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
I did not answer.<\/p>\n
There were six more pages beneath it.<\/p>\n
And clipped to the back was a photocopy of a bank transfer carrying the name of Richard Merritt\u2019s father.<\/p>\n
The amount was large.<\/p>\n
Even by current standards.<\/p>\n
I looked at Harold.<\/p>\n
He looked at the paper.<\/p>\n
Then at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cLucas,\u201d he said quietly, \u201cdo not call Richard.\u201d<\/p>\n
I folded Ruth\u2019s letter closed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause before you speak to anyone, we need to understand what your wife knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the first time since Thanksgiving, Daniel\u2019s betrayal was no longer the only secret in the room.<\/p>\n
My dead wife had been protecting something for more than twenty years.<\/p>\n
And Richard Merritt had just spent six months trying to obtain the one asset she had warned our son never to discuss with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d Daniel\u2019s answer came through the phone broken by a breath. \u201cI didn\u2019t take the money.\u201d I watched Harold across the conference table. He gave no sign of relief. Neither … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5897","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\/5897","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=5897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5925,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5897\/revisions\/5925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}