He put it on the table and opened it and it was empty except for a folded square of paper, which was his own accounting, in pencil, in his handwriting, which is terrible.

Birthday, Grandma — one hundred.

Lawns, summer — one hundred and fourteen.

PS4 and 9 games — one hundred and eighty.

Guitar — one thousand.

Total — one thousand three hundred and ninety-four.

Chair — one thousand three hundred and ninety-nine.

And then, underneath, in different pencil, as though added later: 5 short — ask.