Rafferty turned and spoke to Michelle, who through this exchange had been seated open-mouthed, her gaze moving from one to the other as if she was an absorbed spectator at some international tennis tournament. Quietly, he suggested she call Stephanie Raine's doctor.
At this instruction, the au pair lost her English entirely. Her face fell, she turned to Stephanie and said, ‘Qu'est ce que c`est est le nom de vôtre docteur, Stephanie? Je ne lui connais pas.’
Stephanie roused herself sufficiently to tell Michelle in a long-suffering voice, ‘for goodness’ sake, girl. He's in my phone book on the hall table. Under “doctor”. But I don't need — or want — a doctor,’ she shouted after the disappearing Michelle.
Rafferty, keen to pass Stephanie Raine over to another authority so he could get back
