Shorty Rossi, a four foot private investigator, moves to San Francisco and hangs his shingle on a run-down office. The shingle reads: Big Dog Investigations. While nursing a hangover, he hears a knock on the door as JILLIAN (Jeanne Young), 30 and smoking hot, enters his office. Jillian wastes no time getting to the point.
Shorty tries to get some additional details from Jillian and she adds some interesting clues. After finding the blood in her kitchen and the confession note, she gets a knock on the door. Jordan, her effeminate nosey neighbor. He asks Jillian why two large men were carrying her rolled up very expensive throw rug in the middle of the night.
Jordan learns that the two goons at the door didn't come over to borrow a cup of sugar. Jillian tells Shorty about a recent visit from her estranged sister Roxanne. She threatened blackmail as she reminds Jillian of a scam job they pulled together when they were just out of High School. Jillian demands to know what Roxanne wants.