Alexander Stern has decided to move forward and leave his handsomely paid job as Chief Risk Officer at a bank. Tired of working there, he resigned and left in less than a month, not caring about how to pay off his debts and how to earn a living, but unwilling to forsake his dreams even momentarily. Surprisingly, his former loyalty and some secrets he knew would reward him with a generous severance that would help him, eighteen months later, to buy out the shareholders of the new company he had joined. It was a bold action supported by his former boss and good friend William Braxon, and two investors from Nashville, U.S. Senator Brian Cox and wealthy businessman Christopher Mattis. After his last year at university, Alexander had managed to climb the corporate ladder of an international bank in Mexico City, and ended up an expatriate in the Dominican Republic. Years later, he found himself in the right place and in the right moment to become the owner of the financial company he was leading and trying to maintain afloat. Unexpectedly, a plot planned by an unscrupulous competitor and a disloyal employee threatened to put him out of business. His North American partners' connections and wealth would help him to fight and win an unequal battle, but also putting him at great risk. The deadly outcome of this threat was something neither Alexander nor his wife Gabrielle had expected. Nor the secret intentions of one of his partners.