For the first time since opening the red cabinet, I felt a small measure of relief.

The earlier payments still needed investigation.

But the bank had confirmed the pending forty-one-thousand-two-hundred-dollar transfer had not left under the challenged instruction.

The manager turned another form toward me.

“We need to discuss your access.”

I read it.

The protective measures would restrict certain transactions.

That included some activity I ordinarily conducted through the joint household account.