- Maginnis is in love - again.
- Maginnis is in love - again. He's been seeing Carmen Francis, an intelligent, attractive, newly-qualified lawyer. They met when Carmen acted for a client with a claim against the dry cleaners. She's just perfect, and for Maginnis, this feels like it could quite possibly go on forever and ever and ever. True love though, never runs smoothly, and pretty soon, Maginnis finds himself in a sticky predicament. First, Maginnis is shocked to discover that Carmen is married - well, separated. Her husband is Noel Pomeroy, a used car dealer. Second, he's dead. Third, Carmen's at the scene. Fourth, Noel Pomeroy was killed with the wheel changer from Carmen's car. Fifth, Carmen begs him to alibi her. Maginnis looks into her eyes, loses all sense of logic - and agrees. Stella thinks he's an idiot, that he's being used, and tells him so. Plunging into the used car world in search of the killer, Maginnis discovers nearly everyone had reason to kill Noel Pomeroy. Finally, via some detective work from Reuben, Maginnis zeroes in on a former business partner of Noel Pomeroy's - Mickie McEvoy. Mickie is just as surprised as everyone when he discovers that in fact, it was his son, Michael who murdered Pomeroy. Mickie however, has an ace up his sleeve; he has documented evidence that he paid kickbacks to Carmen when she was employed by a finance company 6 years ago. Mickie delivers an ultimatum to Maginnis: if Maginnis puts Michael in for the murder, he will blow the lid on Carmen's past, sinking her legal career. Suddenly, Carmen Francis, the great love of Maginnis life is looking fatally flawed, but she convinces Carmen that it was only a tiny indiscretion - something she stupidly got involved in on her way to the top. Once again Maginnis looks into her baby blues and agrees to help her out. Reuben, disguised as an investigator from the Ombudsman's office, convinces Mickie that he (Mickie) has been sprung for paying kickbacks to finance company employees. Reuben puts it to Mickie that, in return for evidence against the finance company employees, Mickie's involvement could be overlooked. Mickie hands over the evidence against Carmen. Thus Maginnis clears Carmen and himself in the police's eyes - and, just as importantly, Carmen in Stella's eyes. Except Stella has been doing some investigating of her own. Carmen's claim against the dry cleaners - that which brought Carmen and Maginnis together - was fraudulent. This is something that Maginnis can't ignore. Finally he has to look into Carmen's eyes and say - "No" - and with that end the relationship he thought could have been the big one.
- Maginnis is in love - again. He's been seeing Carmen Francis, an intelligent, attractive, newly-qualified lawyer. They met when Carmen acted for a client with a claim against the dry cleaners. She's just perfect, and for Maginnis, this feels like it could quite possibly go on forever and ever and ever. True love though, never runs smoothly, and pretty soon, Maginnis finds himself in a sticky predicament. First, Maginnis is shocked to discover that Carmen is married - well, separated. Her husband is Noel Pomeroy, a used car dealer. Second, he's dead. Third, Carmen's at the scene. Fourth, Noel Pomeroy was killed with the wheel changer from Carmen's car. Fifth, Carmen begs him to alibi her. Maginnis looks into her eyes, loses all sense of logic - and agrees. Stella thinks he's an idiot, that he's being used, and tells him so. Plunging into the used car world in search of the killer, Maginnis discovers nearly everyone had reason to kill Noel Pomeroy. Finally, via some detective work from Reuben, Maginnis zeroes in on a former business partner of Noel Pomeroy's - Mickie McEvoy. Mickie is just as surprised as everyone when he discovers that in fact, it was his son, Michael who murdered Pomeroy. Mickie however, has an ace up his sleeve; he has documented evidence that he paid kickbacks to Carmen when she was employed by a finance company 6 years ago. Mickie delivers an ultimatum to Maginnis: if Maginnis puts Michael in for the murder, he will blow the lid on Carmen's past, sinking her legal career. Suddenly, Carmen Francis, the great love of Maginnis life is looking fatally flawed, but she convinces Carmen that it was only a tiny indiscretion - something she stupidly got involved in on her way to the top. Once again Maginnis looks into her baby blues and agrees to help her out. Reuben, disguised as an investigator from the Ombudsman's office, convinces Mickie that he (Mickie) has been sprung for paying kickbacks to finance company employees. Reuben puts it to Mickie that, in return for evidence against the finance company employees, Mickie's involvement could be overlooked. Mickie hands over the evidence against Carmen. Thus Maginnis clears Carmen and himself in the police's eyes - and, just as importantly, Carmen in Stella's eyes. Except Stella has been doing some investigating of her own. Carmen's claim against the dry cleaners - that which brought Carmen and Maginnis together - was fraudulent. This is something that Maginnis can't ignore. Finally he has to look into Carmen's eyes and say - "No" - and with that end the relationship he thought could have been the big one.
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