Across town, in a windowless intake room at a federal penitentiary, Mark Ellis sat in silence. He was stripped of his tailored suits, his expensive watches, his stolen money, and his lies. He was a ghost, waiting to be locked in a cage.
And my daughter? She went home every single night, turned the deadbolt on a door no one could ever force open, and slept in peace, in a home that no one could ever steal from her again.