Sent to Prison by My Own Parents

Summary

It was the fifth year since I’d cut all ties with my family. I saw them again at the prison gates.

They were there for my sister’s first day of work as a corrections officer. I was there because I was an inmate being released.

When they saw me, my parents froze, a wave of awkwardness washing over them. After a tense silence, my mother spoke first.

“Luna… when we asked you to take the fall for your sister, we truly had no other choice.”

“We never thought you’d actually cut us off, that you wouldn’t even call us once from inside…”