Chapter Twenty-Three
But Pauline Palmer was no help. ‘I’m sorry,’ she said, ‘I really don’t remember. I just know that she said it. Is it important? Perhaps if I think about it, I might remember.’
But she looked so uncertain that Rafferty didn’t hold out much hope of her remembering any time soon.
Instead, in an attempt to identify the other woman, Rafferty took to studying the porno film till he risked going cross-eyed. He did this around Mickey’s flat while his girlfriend was at work, so as not to upset the pregnant and still upchucking Abra.
As he was self-employed, Mickey adjusted his work load and kept him company, while he tried to figure out who the other woman might be from amongst all the faces he’d encountered during the investigation.
It took a number of watches, but he fin
