Four hundred dollars for overdue cabin electricity.

Five hundred dollars for the property tax balance on the Portland house.

Eight thousand dollars in total personal loan repayments for a car lease I had already paid off in full.

In the right-hand column, I matched the dates against Chelsea’s public court default notices and the tuition statements from her private marketing institute in Oregon.

On May third, three years ago, I transferred three thousand dollars to my father for what he called an emergency repair to the cabin well.

On May fifth, three thousand dollars was paid straight to Chelsea’s overdue car loan balance to stop a repossession tow.