David Dawson

Martin treats two brothers for salmonella poisoning, likely caused by the putrid contents of their fridge. But there's something else amiss about this family, which has a bizarre passion for taxidermy-and a mother who hasn't been seen in years.

Belle's sister Jackie comes to stay, having left her husband, and Belle feels unable to tell her her line of work. However, whilst Belle is out, Jackie is turned on by reading her book and gets very drunk, having sex with Ben who has come to call. Belle is not amused, though nor is Stephanie, who has now worked out that Belle is the author. Nor is Bambi, because black girls get paid less than white. However Bambi does hit it off with new client Byron, a mystery man whom she first encounters being chased down the street.

Belle entertains Des, a young man who loves to be covered in messy foodstuffs,not the most erotic subject for her next chapter so she turns to Duncan for the real thing. Bambi tries in vain to reject an ardent Byron, who buys her a bicycle and proposes to her whilst Ben breaks things off with Jackie.

Belle declares that she doesn’t need love when she has money. However, when Duncan refuses to discuss the fact they had sex, Belle can't stop herself being upset. Belle returns home to an appointment with Al, a straight-talking Northerner. Just as Al leaves, Duncan arrives, keen to apologise for being so useless but determined to be with Belle, one step at a time. Belle feels the same way but she doesn't believe Duncan could handle her job. Prostitutes cannot have boyfriends. Fact. Ben agrees, but when Bambi turns up at the bar announcing her engagement to Byron, Belle finds herself questioning it. Belle asks Stephanie if call girls can have love. Stephanie tells Belle that money is the only thing working girls can rely on, Stephanie and Belle are similar in that respect they both put money first. Met with a vision of her future, Belle goes to see Duncan. If he really thinks it can work, Belle is prepared to give it a try. Duncan and Belle are now on.

Belle and Duncan attend Bambi's wedding to Byron where Belle is hesitant about accepting Stephanie's offer of work in the Maldives because of her commitment to Duncan. However her attitude changes when Bambi tells her Duncan is one of her regular punters and she is unconvinced when he explains that, though he loves her, he sees theirs as an open relationship. She turns to Ben for consolation and they send an email to Duncan's firm exposing him as a prostitute's client. She then flies off to the Maldives, with a note from Ben which says that he loves her.