My Five-Year-Old Grandson Called His Mother From Our Kitchen—Then Bank Records Revealed Where $41,200 Had Gone

The closing record was dated October 14.

The proceeds were credited to the familiar account, then $41,200 moved out on October 17 under the disputed authorization.

Three days later.

The receiving account had been established in May.

I did not recognize it from the records I had been allowed to see at home.

I read the amount twice, then again without the dollar sign because I wanted to be certain it was not something my frightened mind had misplaced.

Forty-one thousand two hundred.