I could see my brother's bright eyes twinkling in the light and the sharp lines of his chin. As I studied his profile, my heart thumped against my che...t."Can you watch for a few minutes, Eddie? I have to go down to the head." Sure, take your time and mention my name, you'll get a good seat."I laughed, got up and went down into the salon. Mom and Dad were snuggled together on the settee, reading books."Is everything okay?" Dad asked."Yeah, we're fine. I just have to pee," I replied. "We're. " "Think Molly will stop by today?" Jake asked. If she had come by in the morning, he missed her, having gone to the court house to sort out some of the never-ending paper work. "I don't know. She didn't stop this morning, must have started early." Cam narrowed his eyes at Jake. "Why?" "I thought maybe she'd like to go to the game," Jake said warily. "That okay with you?" Cam sat back down and tapped a pen on his desk. "Depends." Jake raised an eyebrow inquiringly. "I think she really. I remembered Jim digginginto a juicy burger smothered in ketchup, his favorite when we went out,and always having to remind him to use his napkin. Jamie spent a lot oftime around me. Maybe he was getting the wrong message?We finished our ice cream and walked back to the car. I put the bagwith the doll in the back seat and buckled Jamie in. When we got home,I brought the bag into the kitchen and took out the box. Jamie reachedfor it, but I stopped him."Hold on, Honey. The doll has to be. Ambrose and Charley Freeman at the MCI offices. It was another chilly meeting from the git-go, and it had a sad ending."Charley says he knows some gamblers," Ambrose said after I apologized for being late. "Knows them socially." You associate with known gamblers?" I asked. "Gawdamn, I can't believe it. How could you do anything so fuckin' dumb?" So does Jepperson," Charley said quickly. "That's where I met him, playing golf with a bunch of wise guys in Nevada. They were doing thousand dollar.