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CHAPTER 1

KELVIN JAMESON WONDERED if a jury of his peers would convict him if he murdered Hank Bingham. The city would probably throw me a parade. Jameson smiled at the idea before letting his mind drift away for a moment about how to plan the perfect murder. Then Bingham’s voice snapped him back to reality.

“If I had a nickel for every time Jameson passed up a shot, I wouldn’t have a nickel,” Bingham said. Hutch White, the former Washington Redskins star tight end, roared with laughter.

Easily the Beltway’s biggest on-air radio personality, Bingham espoused his opinions about athletes as if they were trees or concrete or any other inanimate object. As Bingham’s voice droned through the speakers in his Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG, Jameson imagined the moment when the verdict was read.

“If I were Nikolay Gavin, I would release Jameson now,” Bingham continued. “Who cares about the salary cap hit? Get this relic out of D.C. We don’t need Albatross any longer.”

Albatross? What a couple of losers.

Jameson wanted to slam his fist on the steering wheel and curse the two men who’d made it their life mission to destroy him. But he stopped short of hitting or saying anything when he heard a soft voice from the backseat.

“Dad, are you gonna win tonight?” asked Jameson’s son, Kelvin Jameson Jr.

Jameson adjusted his mirror and smiled as he looked at the eight-year-old. KJ—the name Jameson’s wife bestowed upon him since she refused to call him Junior—looked up at his father through a pair of doe eyes. It was apparent he wanted an answer, one that was sincere.

“Why, of course, son,” Jameson said. “I never expect to lose.”

KJ didn’t wait to respond. “You say that every time, Dad. And sometimes you lose.”

“But not tonight.”

“And why are you so convinced tonight that you’re going to win? You know we’re playing the Spurs.”

Jameson flashed his winning smile as he glanced at KJ in the rearview mirror and chuckled at his son’s tenacious line of questioning. “I don’t know how to explain it, son, but it’s just a feeling.”

“You said the same thing last week when we played Celtics. And I don’t think I need to tell you that the Spurs are a lot better than the Celtics.”

“No, I’m well aware of how much better the Spurs are. But it’s just something I know. We’re going to win.”

“And what if you don’t?”

“I’ll buy you ice cream after the game.”

“But, Dad—you always buy me ice cream after the game.”

“Well, then I guess I’ll make it a double for you if we lose. Sound like a deal?”

KJ nodded. “Deal.”

Jameson rolled into the underground parking garage beneath the Wizards’ arena and whipped the car into an open space. He cut off the engine and turned around to help KJ out of his seat. But his son was gone.

He bent down and looked under the seat, even though he knew his son couldn’t fit there. He leaned into