“Stephanie Vance,” he said, “you are instructed to leave this auditorium now.

There are officers waiting in the foyer to take your statement regarding the federal cybercrime charges.”

“No!” Stephanie screamed, and the tears came at last, cutting tracks through her flawless makeup, and she flung a trembling finger up at me on the stage.

“She’s the one who ruined this family!

She thinks she’s better than all of us, just because she got a scholarship!

She’s spent four years looking down on us, all of us, and now she’s — she’s destroyed everything!”