Tam saves the model Cindy from a murder attempt at Joss's art class. This he'll 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 Holly's father, by Alice. He accepts. The police now probe the assault. Cindy meets PcX, and after overtures and fun they become an item.