HE GAVE HIS MISTRESS MY PADDLE. HE FORGOT THE AUCTION HOUSE BELONGED TO ME

eight years earlier after falsifying provenance documents. My grandfather had testified against him in a civil proceeding.

“Julian pledged a coin he doesn’t own,” I said.

“With a forged spousal consent.”

There it was.

Not adultery.

Not humiliation.

Not a missing pair of earrings.

Fraud.

“Show me the signature.”

Naomi sent the file.

The document appeared on my continue reading …