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<\/p>\nI said nothing. I wasn\u2019t. People like Genevieve never understood that refusing to be eaten does not mean you are hungry. She walked toward the door without Clara, heels striking the floorboards. At the threshold, she turned. \u201cBenjamin, remember who actually has to live with the consequences of this.\u201d Then she left. Through the window, I watched her stand beside the car, phone already at her ear. Benjamin sank into a chair. Nobody spoke. Clara sniffled while I stroked her hair. \u201cShe scares me sometimes,\u201d Clara whispered. Benjamin bowed his head. The sentence was small, ashamed, ordinary. That made it worse. My forty-eight-year-old son suddenly looked much older. Beneath the expensive haircut and coat was a boy who had learned to avoid storms by handing someone else the umbrella. \u201cWhat did she mean by consequences?\u201d I asked. Benjamin stayed silent. \u201cBenjamin.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He rubbed his face. \u201cThe townhouse is not just a townhouse.\u201d \u201cI gathered that.\u201d \u201cIt is tied to a large development group. Genevieve\u2019s father put money in, and so did two of his friends. I was supposed to bring capital too.\u201d \u201cMy capital.\u201d He stared down. \u201cYes.\u201d Clara shifted against me. \u201cAnd how much?\u201d \u201cMother\u2026\u201d \u201cHow much?\u201d He glanced toward the window, where Genevieve paced in her cream coat. \u201cTwo hundred and fifty thousand dollars by Friday.\u201d It was Wednesday. The number settled without shocking me. Eventually betrayal stops feeling like lightning. It becomes weather. \u201cAnd you planned to ask me last night,\u201d I said. He did not deny it. \u201cAt the dinner I was not invited to.\u201d He closed his eyes. \u201cGenevieve thought it would be cleaner if I came by today.\u201d \u201cCleaner.\u201d \u201cShe said you would be emotional at the dinner party.\u201d I looked toward Thomas\u2019s photograph. He wore the smile he always had when someone underestimated me. \u201cAnd what did you think, Benjamin?\u201d<\/p>\n
His mouth trembled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought she was right.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some honest answers still wound.<\/p>\n
I nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaddy, are we poor?\u201d Clara asked.<\/p>\n
That broke something in him.<\/p>\n
He crossed the room and knelt before her, waiting for permission before touching her.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, pumpkin. We are just dealing with some grown up problems.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it because of Grandma?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d he said quickly.<\/p>\n
Then he looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, it is because of me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clara studied him.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you say sorry?\u201d<\/p>\n
He swallowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Grandma say it is okay?\u201d<\/p>\n
A sad smile crossed his face.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot exactly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clara nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt school, sorry does not mean you do not have to clean up the mess.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked away.<\/p>\n
Benjamin made a sound between a laugh and a sob.<\/p>\n
Outside, Genevieve\u2019s voice rose, too distant for words but sharp and furious.<\/p>\n
Benjamin stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is calling her father.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd will he call me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe might.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe can call Rebecca,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
Benjamin frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cRebecca?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy banker.\u201d<\/p>\n
Something shifted across his face.<\/p>\n
Recognition.<\/p>\n
Then worry.<\/p>\n
\u201cMother, what exactly did you tell the bank?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
His concern deepened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat truth?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat I was no longer authorizing payments tied to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you mention the business line?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He paled.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I did not recognize what that line was.\u201d<\/p>\n
He gripped the chair.<\/p>\n
Fear finally entered the room undisguised.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is the business line, Benjamin?\u201d<\/p>\n
He hesitated.<\/p>\n
I reached for the folder.<\/p>\n
His hand covered the papers\u2014not violently, but desperately.<\/p>\n
\u201cMother, do not.\u201d<\/p>\n
My heart beat slowly and heavily.<\/p>\n
\u201cMove your hand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMove it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He did.<\/p>\n
I pulled out the page.<\/p>\n
Business Services Monthly Draft. Kelley Consulting Group. Authorized payer: Marianne T. Kelley.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never signed for this,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
Benjamin\u2019s eyes filled.<\/p>\n
The room seemed to tilt.<\/p>\n
My fingers tightened around the paper.<\/p>\n
\u201cBenjamin.\u201d<\/p>\n
He whispered, \u201cI was going to fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The words were ancient and useless, fit for the crest of every failed man in history.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you actually do?\u201d<\/p>\n
He sat.<\/p>\n
Clara looked frightened again.<\/p>\n
I kissed her forehead.<\/p>\n
\u201cSweetheart, why do you not go choose a cookie from the tin?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cChoose one for later, then.\u201d<\/p>\n
She hesitated, then went toward the pantry.<\/p>\n
Once she was gone, I leaned forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n
Benjamin spoke like a man reading his own confession.<\/p>\n
\u201cGenevieve\u2019s father would not approve me without showing recurring backing. I told him you were an investor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was not.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou forged my authorization.\u201d<\/p>\n
His face twisted.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used documents from when you helped with the insurance years ago. The signature was already on file.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every sound sharpened: rain, refrigerator, Clara opening the cookie tin, my breathing, Thomas\u2019s clock.<\/p>\n
Tick.<\/p>\n
Tick.<\/p>\n
Tick.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince when?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLast August.\u201d<\/p>\n
I remembered August.<\/p>\n
Clara had stayed with me three days while Genevieve attended a leadership retreat. Benjamin brought flowers and hugged me longer than usual.<\/p>\n
I had thought grief had softened him.<\/p>\n
He had needed documents.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
He shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout eighty four thousand dollars through that line. Not all spent. Some moved. Some collateralized.\u201d<\/p>\n
The words meant little and everything.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens now that I have stopped it?\u201d<\/p>\n
His silence answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt triggers a fraud review.\u201d<\/p>\n
The front door opened.<\/p>\n
Genevieve entered without knocking, her polish gone.<\/p>\n
\u201cBenjamin, outside. Now.\u201d<\/p>\n
He rose slowly.<\/p>\n
So did I.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
She stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cKnow what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat my son forged my authorization.\u201d<\/p>\n
Benjamin turned.<\/p>\n
\u201cMother, no\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
Genevieve looked at him.<\/p>\n
No surprise.<\/p>\n
Only calculation.<\/p>\n
Then fury\u2014not at the act, but at its exposure.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou told her?\u201d she screamed.<\/p>\n
My legs weakened, and I sat.<\/p>\n
Benjamin looked sick.<\/p>\n
Genevieve shut the door.<\/p>\n
Clara appeared from the pantry holding two cookies.<\/p>\n
Genevieve saw her and immediately rearranged her face.<\/p>\n
\u201cClara, go to the car.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clara looked at me.<\/p>\n
I nodded, though it hurt.<\/p>\n
\u201cTake your rabbit,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
She hugged me first.<\/p>\n
Genevieve waited, jaw tight.<\/p>\n
When Clara left, Genevieve locked the door.<\/p>\n
The click sounded enormous.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnlock my door,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou absolute idiot.\u201d<\/p>\n
He flinched.<\/p>\n
\u201cGenevieve,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, you absolute idiot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not speak to him like that in my house,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
She laughed without elegance.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour house? Your precious little house?\u201d She looked around at the cabinets, lace curtains, and copper kettle Thomas polished every Sunday. \u201cYou have no idea what you have done.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know exactly what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, Marianne. You pushed a button because your feelings were hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy signature was forged.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour son tried to keep his family alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy stealing from his mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her eyes hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy using money you were hoarding.\u201d<\/p>\n
Benjamin said, \u201cStop.\u201d<\/p>\n
Genevieve turned on him.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, you stop. You wanted comfort? You wanted Mommy to make tea and forgive you? That is over. Her bank is going to ask questions. My father is asking questions. The investors are asking questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
She faced me.<\/p>\n
Age makes some threats look theatrical.<\/p>\n
Genevieve was younger, stronger, faster.<\/p>\n
But she had never sat beside a dying husband at three in the morning, listening to each breath to know whether another would follow.<\/p>\n
She had never buried a life and kept making grocery lists.<\/p>\n
Her rage frightened me less than she wanted.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think you are untouchable because you are old,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I said. \u201cI think I am underestimated because I am old.\u201d<\/p>\n
The doorbell rang.<\/p>\n
We all turned.<\/p>\n
Genevieve\u2019s expression shifted.<\/p>\n
Benjamin whispered, \u201cAlready?\u201d<\/p>\n
I rose carefully.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
The bell rang again.<\/p>\n
I passed Genevieve and unlocked the door.<\/p>\n
Rebecca stood beneath a black umbrella. Beside her was a tall silver-haired man in a rain-dark coat. Another car idled at the curb.<\/p>\n
Rebecca\u2019s eyes moved past me into the house.<\/p>\n
\u201cMrs. Kelley, I am sorry to come without calling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Genevieve froze.<\/p>\n
The man stepped forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarianne Kelley?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He removed a leather folder.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy name is Daniel Stone. I am with First National\u2019s fraud investigations division.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fraud entered the house like cold air.<\/p>\n
Benjamin made a sound behind me.<\/p>\n
Genevieve did not.<\/p>\n
That told me more.<\/p>\n
Rebecca spoke gently.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we reviewed the stopped authorizations, several items required immediate escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI see.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked past me.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs Benjamin Kelley present?\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody moved.<\/p>\n
Then Benjamin appeared, gray-faced.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am Benjamin.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel opened his folder.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Kelley, we need to discuss several electronic authorizations connected to your mother\u2019s accounts, Kelley Consulting, and a trust instrument filed eighteen months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA trust instrument?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
Rebecca met my eyes.<\/p>\n
That was when fear finally found me.<\/p>\n
Not because of the money or forged signature.<\/p>\n
Because of the way Benjamin looked at Genevieve, as if she had promised this would never surface.<\/p>\n
Daniel continued evenly.<\/p>\n
\u201cMrs. Kelley, according to documents filed last year, you transferred conditional authority over this property, your liquid accounts, and the remainder of Thomas Kelley\u2019s estate into a family management trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
I gripped the doorframe.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
Rebecca softened her voice.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is why I came in person.\u201d<\/p>\n
Genevieve stepped forward.<\/p>\n
Her smile returned, no longer polished but victorious.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarianne, before everyone gets dramatic, you should know Benjamin was only trying to protect you.\u201d<\/p>\n
She pulled a folded paper from her purse.<\/p>\n
Not a copy.<\/p>\n
An original.<\/p>\n
Cream paper, notarized, with my name at the bottom.<\/p>\n
My signature.<\/p>\n
Almost perfect.<\/p>\n
Almost.<\/p>\n
After my small stroke eleven years earlier, when my hand sometimes trembled over checks, Thomas had taught me one thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlways cross your T like you are closing a gate,\u201d he had said, guiding my fingers. \u201cNot like you are leaving one open.\u201d<\/p>\n
Genevieve\u2019s document left the T open.<\/p>\n
I looked at Benjamin.<\/p>\n
He was crying silently.<\/p>\n
Then at Genevieve.<\/p>\n
For the first time since I had known her, she looked fully alive.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy sunrise,\u201d she said, \u201cyour little rebellion may not matter at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
And from the driveway, Clara screamed.<\/p>\n
Her scream cut through the house.<\/p>\n
For one second, nobody moved.<\/p>\n
Then Benjamin ran, striking the doorframe on his way out.<\/p>\n
Rebecca gasped.<\/p>\n
Daniel followed with the controlled speed of someone used to ordinary rooms turning dangerous.<\/p>\n
I followed more slowly, gripping the banister, my heart pounding in my throat.<\/p>\n
\u201cClara!\u201d Benjamin shouted.<\/p>\n
Rain had faded to mist.<\/p>\n
Her rabbit lay in a puddle.<\/p>\n
For one terrible second, I thought she was hurt.<\/p>\n
Then I saw where she pointed.<\/p>\n
Thomas\u2019s old garden gate stood open.<\/p>\n
Beyond it, near the path to the shed, a man crouched beside the hydrangeas with one hand buried in wet soil.<\/p>\n
He froze.<\/p>\n
Then stood.<\/p>\n
Dark jacket.<\/p>\n
Gray trousers.<\/p>\n
Low cap.<\/p>\n
Something wrapped in plastic in his hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cStop!\u201d Daniel Stone called out.<\/p>\n
The man ran toward the garden.<\/p>\n
Benjamin started after him, but Daniel caught his arm.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not,\u201d Daniel said sharply. \u201cLet him go.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was in my mother\u2019s yard!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he wants you to chase him away from whatever he came to get.\u201d<\/p>\n
That stopped Benjamin.<\/p>\n
The man vanished behind the shed.<\/p>\n
Seconds later, an engine started in the lane behind my property.<\/p>\n
Gravel scattered.<\/p>\n
Then silence.<\/p>\n
Clara cried.<\/p>\n
Benjamin rushed to her and knelt.<\/p>\n
\u201cPumpkin, are you hurt?\u201d<\/p>\n
She shook her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was digging. He took something from Grandma\u2019s flowers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Genevieve stood on the porch, bloodless.<\/p>\n
Not confused.<\/p>\n
Recognizing.<\/p>\n
That chilled me more than the rain.<\/p>\n
I looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho was he?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI do not know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Too quick.<\/p>\n
Daniel turned toward her.<\/p>\n
\u201cMrs. Kelley, I recommend you think carefully before answering again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Genevieve tightened her mouth.<\/p>\n
Clara clung to Benjamin.<\/p>\n
For the first time in years, I saw my son not as a man making excuses but as a father frightened by the storm he had invited inside.<\/p>\n
Rebecca approached me.<\/p>\n
\u201cMrs. Kelley, we should get you inside.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
I descended the porch steps.<\/p>\n
Daniel stayed near without touching me.<\/p>\n
I walked through the garden gate.<\/p>\n
Thomas\u2019s hydrangeas sagged under the mist. Near the old birdbath, the soil had been hurriedly dug open.<\/p>\n
I knew the spot.<\/p>\n
Thomas planted lavender there the spring before he died.<\/p>\n
It never grew well.<\/p>\n
He kept trying, insisting the earth simply needed convincing.<\/p>\n
I crouched.<\/p>\n
Beneath the roots was a hole large enough for a box.<\/p>\n
My fingers touched its wet edge.<\/p>\n
Benjamin approached carrying Clara.<\/p>\n
\u201cMother,\u201d he said softly. \u201cPlease come inside.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at the hole.<\/p>\n
Then I remembered Thomas eleven years earlier, washing dirt from his hands at the sink.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I forget things someday,\u201d he had said lightly, \u201ccheck the places I tried to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n
I had laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou mean every corner of this house?\u201d<\/p>\n
He smiled, but his eyes stayed serious.<\/p>\n
\u201cEspecially the stubborn ones.\u201d<\/p>\n
I had thought he meant the house.<\/p>\n
Kneeling before the empty hole beneath failed lavender, I realized he may have meant something else.<\/p>\n
Twenty minutes later, my attorney Clara Bell arrived with wet hair, a navy briefcase, and enough calm to embarrass panic.<\/p>\n
She surveyed Genevieve, Benjamin, and Daniel.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody leaves until I understand who is allowed to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n
Genevieve laughed brittlely.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou cannot hold me here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d Clara Bell said. \u201cBut Detective Stone can ask whether you were aware someone was trespassing on my client\u2019s property while you were presenting a disputed trust document.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel raised a hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be precise, I am not law enforcement. I am with bank fraud investigations. However, local police are on the way regarding the trespass.\u201d<\/p>\n
Genevieve glanced at the window.<\/p>\n
Clara Bell noticed.<\/p>\n
So did I.<\/p>\n
My granddaughter Clara sat wrapped in my mother\u2019s quilt, her rabbit drying beside the radiator.<\/p>\n
Benjamin sat nearby, elbows on his knees, looking as though the walls of his life had vanished.<\/p>\n
I sat in Thomas\u2019s chair.<\/p>\n
Not for support.<\/p>\n
Because it faced the entire room.<\/p>\n
Clara Bell spread the papers across my coffee table: the forged trust, bank authorizations, business line, and Genevieve\u2019s original document.<\/p>\n
Rebecca stood beside her.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis signature is wrong,\u201d Clara Bell said.<\/p>\n
I nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe T.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked up.<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas taught me to cross it like closing a gate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her expression softened briefly.<\/p>\n
Then she examined the paper again.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is something else. This notary seal is real, but the commission expired two years before this document was dated.\u201d<\/p>\n
Genevieve\u2019s confidence vanished.<\/p>\n
Benjamin looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said it was handled.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her eyes flashed.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not start.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d he said quietly. \u201cI think I should have started a long time ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
My granddaughter looked up from the quilt.<\/p>\n
The words were small, but they changed the room.<\/p>\n
Clara Bell faced Benjamin.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Kelley, you need separate counsel. Right now, anything you say may expose you. But as your mother\u2019s attorney, I am asking one question before I stop you. Did Marianne Kelley knowingly sign any trust transferring control of this property?\u201d<\/p>\n
Benjamin closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Genevieve stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cBenjamin!\u201d<\/p>\n
He opened them.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, she did not.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clara Bell nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you. Say nothing else until you have counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at my son.<\/p>\n
The apology in his face could never be enough.<\/p>\n
But late truth has a different sound from lying.<\/p>\n
The police arrived soon after.<\/p>\n
They took statements.<\/p>\n
Clara described the man in the garden. Benjamin mentioned a suspicious car outside the townhouse. Genevieve claimed ignorance and demanded to take her daughter home.<\/p>\n
At the word home, Clara began trembling.<\/p>\n
Everyone saw it.<\/p>\n
Clara Bell intervened.<\/p>\n
I said nothing. I wasn\u2019t. People like Genevieve never understood that refusing to be eaten does not mean you are hungry. She walked toward the door without Clara, heels striking … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,21,22,1,5,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aita","category-daily-article","category-reddit-stories","category-story","category-story-daily","category-viral-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5933,"href":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5930\/revisions\/5933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}