Alimony

Paul Klinger, desperate to locate his missing daughter Kate, travels to New York to pursue any lead. He hopes that a face-to-face search will finally bring him closer to the truth about her fate.

In New York, Paul seeks out Dan Barker, a songwriter who once knew Kate. Dan reveals that Kate changed her name to Kitty Travers and begins to recount Kitty's tangled past.

Dan recalls Kitty staying at a boarding house while looking for work as a model. He explains how a friend steered Kitty toward alimony fraud and how she was photographed with a married man, triggering a scandal.

Kitty starts working for lawyer Burt Crail and becomes involved in a scandal by posing with a married man. The episode helps Kitty profit from a controversial scheme that inflates settlements.

Kitty's influence helps Dan become a rising songwriter; he falls in love with Kitty and writes her a song. He breaks up with his girlfriend Linda Waring as their romance deepens.

Kitty learns Dan won't achieve quick success and leaves him, returning to Linda. Dan resumes his relationship with Linda, they marry, and his real breakthrough comes later when the song he wrote for Kitty becomes a hit.

Kitty returns and demands to sing the song on Dan's tour, reigniting their romance. Dan leaves his wife again for Kitty, but the relationship lasts only as long as the royalties fund it, and Kitty eventually abandons him.

Dan reconciles with Linda and the couple remarries, supporting Dan's career as it continues to grow. Kitty's influence fades as Dan achieves success with Linda by his side.

Kitty marries millionaire George Griswold, while secretly working for Crail again. Crail arranges for Griswold to be photographed with another woman, but Griswold has set up a double, Curtis Carter, to thwart the scheme.

Crail and Kitty are arrested for fraud along with several accomplices, marking the collapse of Kitty's criminal life. The arrest exposes the fraud network surrounding their liaison.

Paul receives the news that Kate, now out on parole, has been involved in a car crash and lies in the hospital. He is stunned by the turn in her life and its impact on him.

Paul goes to the hospital to visit Kate, and they reconcile after years apart. He promises to help her start a new and better life, offering a chance at redemption.