The nurse explained that Earl had mentioned missing financial papers during a conversation with his doctor before the stroke. He had been worried about some unexplained withdrawals from the farm account. I immediately remembered several months of unusual bank statements that Earl had asked me to keep in a kitchen drawer. I had never understood why he was so concerned, but now I knew where to look.
That evening, I returned home and found the drawer open. Several statements were missing. I called our bank and requested a review of the recent transactions. The representative confirmed multiple withdrawals to an account I didn’t recognize. When I mentioned the name attached to the account, my stomach dropped. It belonged to Kevin’s small construction company.
