My Sister Told Me to Clean Her Shoes at the Country Club. I Threw Them Away and Drove Home. Weeks Later, I Had 49 Missed Calls.

said that making restitution quickly might help her case, might convince the prosecutor to consider a plea deal that didn’t involve prison time.

“She needs seventy-five thousand dollars,” my mother said, and even through the tears I could hear the expectation forming. “Richard, you’re good with money. You must have savings. And you work in tech, you continue reading …