Alice was my sister by blood. We were adopted into separate families from a young age, only to be reunited four years ago.
To compensate for the years we spent apart, I had always gone out of my way to fulfill her requests, almost without exception.
In a single year, I lavishly spent thirty million dollars on her.
But she turned venomous, weaving lies that unleashed a torrent of cyberbullying upon me, which ultimately led to the heartbreaking demise of my adoptive parents.
"Quinn, you should just confess. Perhaps the police will show leniency if they see your remorse," Alice said.
"I had nothing to do with the fire, and there is no new love!" I retorted.
"Stop lying, Quinn. I have intimate photos of you and that man on my phone. You sent them to me. Do you want me to show them to everyone?"
As she spoke, Alice pulled out her phone, retrieving a photo and thrusting it into the air for all to see. "Everyone, take a look! This is my sister with her lover!"
The faces in those photos bore an uncanny resemblance to mine, but I knew I had never taken those pictures.
"Where did you get that? Do you think you can slander me with photoshopped images?"