(((Scully))) We want to trust our kids but they are kids.
I like your approach to solving this "mystery".
I had a bit of a mystery but it involved $400.00 I was going over my monthly checking account and found $400 missing. Well, I have this habit of talking to myself. Sure enough, I was heard.
My youngest who was 14 at the time (and the one shunning me now) came in the kitchen telling me he "took" the $$$. I was even more astounded as he was such a good kid. He told me HOW he did it....he would be in the car with me and watch me put in my "pin" number at the atm....
All the while, I wondered HOW he acquired video games and other stuff.... I thought he was trading out with the other young teens.........stupid me.
Well.... Dad came home and the roof exploded. He paid us the $$$ back and NEVER did it again.
The odd thing is, he never told till I found out the $$$ was missing....Makes me wonder what in his life he is "hiding now" and that is why he has relinquished contact with me, not just because I am not going to meetings.
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