Two months after graduation, my father sent an email to my corporate work address, the one point of contact I had not yet blocked.

It was long, and rambling, and built out of the same manipulations I had lived inside my whole life. She’s your sister, Jessica.

She made a foolish mistake, out of insecurity, out of hurt.

If she has a criminal record, her whole life is ruined.

Is this really what you want?

To destroy your own family over a bitter grudge?