"I Lost The Softball Checks"

This morning at the beginning of our all day encryption meeting the following conversation ensued:

Kathleen: I need your help. I am the team mom for softball and I had to collect $75.00 per player. Last night I was reviewing the checks and this morning I can't find them.
Kim: You had them last night before bed and you can't find them this morning.
Kathleen: Yeah, I can't find them now. I did have a glass of wine last night
Brian: How big was the glass?
Kathleen: It was just a normal glass. I have ripped the house apart trying to find them. And my car!
Kim: Did you check the trash can
Kathleen: Why would I throw them in the trash?
Kim: If you had mail that you threw away it could have been all stacked together
Kathleen: But what am I going to tell the parents?
Kim: Well, where do you guys think they are
Brian: Maybe it's on the toilet reservoir
Juan: I think it's in the cushions on the couch
Kim: The freezer is also an option but I am definitely thinking trash.
Kathleen: But I still don't know what to say to the parents
Kim: Just tell them that you were shredding bills and you accidentally shredded them.
Kathleen: That is unbelievable! Nobody would believe it.
Kim: Any other suggestions?
Juan: How about? I was in Starbucks and somebody swiped them from my purse
Kathleen: That's not believable I live in the safest city in America, Simi Valley
Brian: Say they were stolen from your car
Kim: Mike what would you say?
Mike: I would tell the truth
Kim: Mike is so great! I should have said that, he gets the integrity award for the day

***3 hours later***

Kathleen: I found the checks in my car!
Kim: I am so happy!
Mike: Great!

***1/2 hour later***

Kathleen: I am so happy that I found the checks. You know I wasn't very nice tracking down those parents for the money. It was going to be hard to tell them I lost them.
Brian: What would you have told them?
Kathleen: The truth (Second integrity award for the day)