“The bank statements show forty-five thousand dollars going to a private commercial account on July fourteenth,” she said.

“That was my whole overseas deployment allowance,” I said.

Captain Morales got up from her swivel chair and opened a tall green metal filing cabinet behind her desk.

“We’ll draft a formal legal demand to freeze every transfer connected to that power of attorney,” she said.

“I want every document verified before any notice goes out to my parents,” I said.

“We’ll check the notary logbook in town first,” Captain Morales said.