My son drained every last dollar from our life savings accounts and disappeared with the woman who helped him do it. I was heartbroken beyond words — until my 13-year-old grandson smiled and said, “Grandma, don’t worry. I’ve handled it.” A few days later, my son called back in a panic…

Expensive restaurants. Inspirational quotes about living your best life. “She’s his girlfriend,” Mason said.

I gripped the edge of the desk. “More than that,” he continued. “She’s been helping him move money around, create new accounts, and apply for loans using our information.”

His jaw tightened in a way that looked startling on a boy’s face.

“Grandma, they’ve been planning this for months.”

The room seemed to tilt around me. “What kind of loans?”

Mason clicked to another document. “A thirty-thousand-dollar personal loan using your name and Social Security number.

A fifteen-thousand-dollar credit card application using my Social Security number with a fake age listed.”

“They used yours?”