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JOHN HART“I checked with the utility companies for Rowan and surrounding counties.As far as I can tell, he has no other properties, nothing with a phone or powerhookup. I’ve got other irons in the fire. I’ll keep you posted.”“I just spoke to Candace Kane.”“Grantham spoke to her yesterday.”“What did she tell him?”“I’m off the case, remember? I’m the last person Grantham will talk to. AllI know is that he tracked her down.”“She told Grantham that Danny hit her and that she hated him for it. That’snot entirely the truth. She loved him. He dumped her right before he died.Could be a motive.”“You think she’s capable?”“Of murder?” I looked up as Candace mounted the stairs. Her long legspumped beneath pink, terry cloth shorts. The extra weight on her jiggled. “Idon’t see it,” I said. “But she has four brothers. They may not like the scar onher face.”“That’s a viable motive, but again ...it was Dolf ’s gun. I’ll run the namesand see if any of them have a sheet. Who knows. Maybe we’ll get lucky.”She did not sound hopeful, and I understood. It all came back to the gun. Itonly made sense if Danny took the gun himself and somehow lost control of it.And that was thin. Danny knew how to handle himself. “Do you think Faithknows that his son is dead?”“That depends on how deep he’s hiding.”“Danny might have been into gambling. It looks like somebody beat himpretty badly four months ago. Might be gambling related.”“Says who?”“Candace Kane. George Tallman.”“George, huh?”I heard the disdain in her voice. “What do you have against him?”“He’s an idiot.”“Seems like more than that.”She hesitated and I knew she was thinking about the question. “I don’t trusthim.”“Any particular reason?”234