THE STAVELEYS WERE both at home. John Staveley explained that Kyle had a home study period, and it seemed that since his wife’s death, Staveley himself had abandoned his pounding of the streets, which was revealing in itself of how poor their relationship had been.
Once seated in the living room, Rafferty didn’t waste any time. ‘We’ve been looking into your wife’s life, Mr Staveley,’ he said. ‘And it seems she was a woman who liked a good time.’
‘Yes. She missed the money when I was made redundant. It meant we couldn’t afford to entertain. Or not in the way that we and our friends were used to.’
Not being able to afford to entertain was one thing, but to learn your wife was a promiscuous slapper was something else. That was, if it was news to Staveley. But either way, it was news that h
