[3] After being unceremoniously fired by California Fidelity Insurance, Kinsey has found herself new office space with her attorney, Lonnie Kingman.

David's desperation to rebuild the marriage after the split netted him an injunction for harassment; so, he was the obvious suspect—particularly since he inherited Isabelle's multimillion-dollar business—but the prosecution could not make it stick.

Kinsey agrees and, knowing Morley of old, is surprised to find his files in a mess, with crucial witness statements missing.

Kinsey also finds out that Tippy, drunk and in her father's pick-up truck, was the perpetrator of a previous and fatal hit-and-run on the same night, the victim being an elderly man named Noah McKell.

Meanwhile, at home, Kinsey's octogenarian landlord, Henry Pitts, is entertaining his hypochondriac elder brother William.

Back on the case, Kinsey has a sudden flash of curiosity after looking at the time gap between Tippy's killing Mr. McKell and knocking down Barney.