OK, that was just torture!!! To get so much and then not know how it ends? Please come back and finish the story!
One question: Are Carrie and Constance two people or one person? The names are similar enough that one could be an alias.
Perry: (To Lois) Honey, this could be greatest story since Superman came to town. By-the-by, where is that husband of yours? --Faster Than a Speeding Vixon