After three years in prison, I returned home hoping for nothing more than to hug my father, but my stepmother opened the door and said, “He d!ed a year ago. This house is mine now.”

taking care of me, but she kept me imprisoned in my own house.”

My father closed his eyes for a moment.

“And if she told you I’m buried beside your mother, she lied about that too. Don’t let her decide where my story ends.”

The video ended.

I spent hours going through the folders. There were multimillion-dollar transfers, messages between Ian and a corrupt accountant, photographs of my computer open on dates when I was out of town.

Then I found a red folder.

Its label read:

CONFESSION.

Inside was