Kissing Cousins

Derek lends some expensive Eye-catchers equipment to his feckless friend Fergus Appleby. Simon is furious when Fergus returns the equipment smashed beyond repair. Simon is worried about how the agency can replace the equipment, but next day he receives a letter informing him that an aged aunt has died and left him #20,000 in her Will to invest in his business: the aunt's only other living relatives are a family called Appleby from Cheltenham, but as they cannot be traced the money is all to go to Simon. Samantha suggests that Fergus Appleby might be one of the missing families. Simon is horrified by the prospect of having Fergus as a cousin or of sharing the inheritance with him, but Samantha insists on pursuing the matter and discovers that Fergus family home was in Cheltenham.Fergus is delighted when he hears the news and Simon has to offer him a part in the Eye-catchers firm. He then discovers from his parents that he is not a true Appleby and is not entitled to the inheritance. Fer