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CHAPTER26Icalled Jamie and got his voice mail. I left another message. Call me. Now.We need to talk. I hung up the phone, took a couple of steps, then opened itagain. The fire was in me, and Jamie was part of it. Candace said he was stillgambling, he and Danny. He’d lied to me about that. He should have calledme back yesterday. I hit redial, and he answered on the second ring. I heard hisbreath first, then his voice, sullen and petulant. “What do you want, Adam?”“Why didn’t you call me back?”“Look, I’ve got shit to do.”“I’m going to cut to the chase, Jamie. I found Danny’s girlfriend.”“Which one?”“The one that filed the warrant. Candace Kane.”“Candy? I remember Candy.”“She says that you’re still gambling. She says that you and Danny wouldtake any game you could find. You lied to me about that.”“First of all, I don’t answer to you. Second, that wasn’t gambling. That wasa hundred bucks here and there. Just an excuse to get out and do something.”238