My mother's lips trembled, and then she fell completely silent, lowering her head to stare at her fingers.
The officer turned to me.
"Miss Sinclair, based on what we have so far, your mother's statements did violate your privacy and indirectly put your personal safety at risk. We can impose an administrative penalty and order her to delete the post and issue a public apology. If you want to pursue civil liability, you'll need to file a lawsuit."
"I want to sue."
"Stella!"
My mother's head snapped up. Her eyes were red, whether from anger or fear, I couldn't tell.
"I'm your mother! How dare you sue me? You'd really send your own mother to jail? Have you lost all your humanity?"
I looked at her, my voice unnervingly calm.
"When you posted that, did you ever think of me as your daught
