Tam saves the model Cindy from a murder attempt at Josss art class. This hell keep secret but a reporter is suspicious. Tam wants to marry Rhiannon, one of his three mistresses. She refuses, then regrets it. While Tam inspects a hotel project in the Sahara his daughter Heather dies suddenly. He returns for the funeral to live with Mirabelle her mother; so Rhiannon is denied marriage. Cindy has loved Tam despite his rejection. However to disengage they spend a farewell night together. The assault is revealed, the class disbanded. The Sahara project is scuppered for the Recession has begun. Tam is fired and his bank closed. Now broke, he is offered a home, as Hollys father, by Alice. He accepts. The police now probe the assault. Cindy meets PcX, and after overtures and fun they become an item.