I found envelopes from withdrawals, old statements, and a page where I had recorded the total.

None was a photograph of the cash on Friday.

All together, they could at least show that I had possessed the amount I reported.

Frank helped me put the papers in date order without turning them into a lesson about what I should have done.

“I know it was foolish,” I said.

“Keeping it there?”

“Yes.”

“You won’t do it again.