AFTER MICKEY’S STOMACH churning and quickly regretted revelations, Rafferty had reason to wonder what Seward and his loutish friends might have inflicted on others in his brother’s year at school. What had he done to Randy Rawlins, for instance? He doubted Rawlins would tell him—certainly not if it was anything as humiliating as what Mickey had been put through. Though he thought it likely the weedy no-mates Rawlins would have been subjected to even worse treatment. And as Seward couldn’t tell him and Randy Rawlins probably wouldn’t, Rafferty decided the only way he’d find out was to put the squeeze on one of Seward’s old gang.
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