THE TWO TEAMS DIRECTED to interview the three mothers of Babbington’s offspring, came to give Rafferty a verbal report. He gestured to Mary Carmody and Smales. ‘You first. ‘What have you got for me?’
‘Ms Havers wasn’t in,’ reported Tim Smales disgruntledly.
Rafferty shot an amused glance at him. Probably peeved because he wouldn’t receive a ‘well done’, from yours truly.
Mary Carmody shot Smales a quelling look and proceeded to explain. ‘We spoke to her next-door neighbour, and apparently, between applying to the CSA, and them starting the process to pursue Professor Babbington for money to support his child, she vanished. The neighbour said Ms Havers had a lot of debt – she was hopeless with money, according to the neighbour – so probably just decided to do a flit to another part of th
