I Canceled Seven Hundred Dollars After Christmas Night Left My Daughter Alone in the Dark

“If I don’t cancel it now, the credit union processes it at noon,” I said.

I rested my hands flat on my lap beneath the edge of the table.

“She’ll get a text alert from her bank the second the system updates,” Evan said.

“I know she will,” I said.

I reached up and slid the trackpad pointer over the blue link that read Manage Recurring Transfers.

I clicked on the nine-hundred-forty-dollar line.

A drop-down menu appeared with two choices: Edit Amount or Cancel Authorization.

I chose Cancel Authorization.