Charity Begins At Home (Part 2)

[Story continues from the previous episode, “Charity Begins At Home (Part 1)”.]

Richard Jay has disappeared with the charity money, leaving Harry to carry the can. Because of all the bad publicity, the Plaza Suite is invaded by a group of homeless people whom the charity was due to benefit. Their spokesman, a fiery Glaswegian lady called Sheba, tells Harry that they will not move until he pays back what is owed to the charity. Ken eventually discovers that Richard Jay has bought a large Winnebago mobile home with his “winnings” and is now living at a fairground, under his real name of Dick Jowett, with his mother who runs one of the stalls. However when Ken and Harry corner Jowett/Jay after a chase through the fairground, they discover that he has already spent or gambled away most of the money – even the brand-new Winnebago is only rented.

Jonathan Hillary, Margaret’s client, claims that he is being blackmailed over photographs of his wife and her lover. Margaret advises Hillary to pay the money and gets Ken and Rocky to follow the woman who collects it. They discover that she is none other than Hillary’s wife, Lucinda, and that the photographs are of him and his lover. Lucinda says that she has extorted the money as a divorce settlement in lieu of an alimony agreement. Margaret closes the case as a “domestic”.

Margaret persuades Ken that his success as a private investigator isn’t just fortuitous. They decide to go into partnership, forming Boon-Daly Investigations (BDI, pronounced Beady Eye) and renting an office in The Plaza Suite.

Notes and episode list © Martin Underwood, 1998

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