THE TWO SECURITY GUARDS, Jake Arthur and Andy Watling, both denied letting any mystery blonde visitor into the suite late on the evening of Seward’s party. They were so vehement about the matter that they insisted Rafferty look at the security tapes.
Rafferty would have done this anyway, as a matter of routine, as soon as possible. Conscious of his need to try to keep his super’s presence at the party low-profile in the hope that he would be able to use the information should it become necessary to safeguard Mickey, Rafferty, who had picked up Hanks and Tim Smales on his quick breeze through the station and out, set them the task of checking through the hotel’s earlier tapes of the evening. He checked the later ones; those that should feature the late-arriving Bradley and his wife, Mickey
