I need to know

We do not normally become involved in personal matters, generally working for commercial clients, but we were approached by a friend of London House for help.

He felt that things were not right at home, with his wife making excuses to leave the house and meet with friends etc far more often than usual. Telephone calls were taken in secret and she was being vague when talking to him. Concerned, he approached us and asked for help. We spent some time explaining what we could, and couldn't, do on a surveillance operation and that he may not like what we found, but he was insistent we went ahead.

We were soon told that his wife was again going out supposedly to meet friends. With our plan established, we discreetly followed the wife to a pub where she was soon in the company of another man enjoying a bottle of wine. As we were not known to her, we sat at the adjacent table and recorded the wife's meeting, whilst being close enough to hear the conversation between them.

The next day, we met with our client who wanted to know what had happened. We confirmed with him a number of times if he was sure. He told us "I need to know". Sitting him down, and after explaining the actions we had taken, we had to advise him that in fact his wife was frantically arranging his surprise 40th birthday party.