Bernard POV
I sat in my truck outside the upscale restaurant where Vanya had held her jewelry exhibition, trying to build up the courage to go inside. This was probably the stupidest plan I had ever come up with, but I was desperate. Tracy's ultimatum was echoing in my head: fix our financial situation in four weeks or she was leaving me.
I couldn't lose Tracy. She was the only good thing left in my life, and if she left me, I would have nothing. No wife, no successful business, no respect from anyone in Sacramento. I would be completely alone and completely broke.
But to keep Tracy, I needed to destroy Vanya's business. And to destroy her business, I needed inside information about how it operated. That's where Richmond came in.
During Vanya's exhibition, I had watched Richmond carefu
