12.28.14 LONGMONT – For most 10-year-olds, $5 might as well be $50.

So when Aiden Lathrop lost his wallet in the parking lot of a Boulder supermarket last month, he was heartbroken knowing he’d likely never get it back.

“No, especially not a lot of money and gift cards you have in there,” he said. “I didn’t know where it was or anything. I figured it must be at home, I forgot it or something.”

His mom and dad — Kassia and Jason Lathrop — had overheard an argument between two men in the parking lot.

“These two guys were arguing over a wallet. They were pretty angry at each other,” Kassia said. “I said, “Jason, did you hear those guys?’ He said, ‘Yeah, they’re arguing over a wallet. I said I know. I’m just glad they’re gone.'”

But what the Lathrops didn’t realize that the wallet the two men were arguing over a few feet from their car was Aiden’s.

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