SYNDICATE - Season 1 - Episode 24

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SYNDICATE - Season 1 - Episode 24

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“Who would you rather fight, a straight girl, or a gay one?” Riley asked Murphy.

“Oh,” Murphy said, now enlightened. “So we could use it to our advantage?”

“D--n straight,” Will said with a smile. “Pun intended.”
Riley rolled his eyes.

“Find out her sexual preference,” Kieran said. “I like her.”

Will nodded at his friend, and excused himself to follow Kieran’s orders, leaving the room with a big smile on his face.

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Monica put on fire-truck red lipstick. She glanced in the mirror, looking at Dan, who was lounging in the bed naked. He was looking at his hand, a habit that drove her insane.

She walked over to the bed, her robe beginning to become untied. Dan looked up at her.

He looked scary similar to his little brother sometimes. She shuddered in response to the thought.

“Tell me more about what your brother has been doing,” she said nonchalantly, while sitting down on the bed next to him.

“I already told you everything I know. He has recruited this new chick to find out information about the warehouse.”

“And they know about the note?”

“Yeah.”

“Anything else?”

“No.” He wasn’t going to tell her about Martha.

If she found out Martha had information, he was sure Monica would kill the poor woman. And Dan couldn’t have Martha Flannery’s blood on his hands.

“So whywould they recruit a woman to find out information about the warehouse?”

“Will said she’s a wicked fighter.”

“But still… a woman.” Monica paused, and tapped her fingers on Dan’s naked back. “It’s so un—conventional.”

“Perhaps a woman seems more endearing. Maybe they think a woman would be more likely to find out information than a man.”

“Maybe you’re right,” Monica said, her face pinched in concentration.

She was consdering his suggestion.

Dan was relieved. Perhaps she would leave it at that. “I don’t know though…” Monica said, still frowning. Dan put his head down. Of course not. She wouldn’t leave it at that. That would make his life just too easy.

“Who knows Monica?” Dan said. “Maybe you could just ask your cousin.”

“Like he would tell me anything,” she snorted.

“When’s the last time you even spoke to him?” he asked.

“I can’t remember. Probably when we were kids.”

“Maybe if you expressed more of an interest in the business, he would take you in. You could find out anything you wanted.” Dan was tired of doing her dirty work.

“No! It would put me on his radar. I would become a suspect for all the things I’m about to do.” She began to lightly scratch his back. “And besides, why would I need to do that when I have you?”

Dan became disgusted by her touch. He knew she was using him. In a way, he was using her too. Dan imagined Will’s reaction if he ever found out his own brother was betraying him like this. Dan was hit with a pang of guilt deep in his abdomen. Will told him everything so freely, so trustingly. And Dan sat there, and listened, knowing very well he would pass the information on to this she-devil, the very woman who planned the demise of the O’Meara family.

He was using his own little brother- who had taken him in and helped him. Will. The pride and joy of the Reedus family, the perfect little angel. Dan bit his lip and looked down at his hand again, which began to shake.

“What exactly do you want, Monica?” Dan asked, breaking the silence. “What are you going to do to Kieran?”

“I want him dead, one way or another.”

The way she said it sent chills up Dan’s back.

“And you think you can take over the O’Meara family dynasty after that?”

“Yes.”

“What if they trace it back to you? What if… Ripper found out it was you?” Dan said the name Ripper softly, as if Ripper himself might appear.

Monica’s hand stopped scratching his back. She stood up and went over to the window.

“Why does everyone bring him up all the time? What’s so scary about Ripper anyway?” Monica asked, her voice dripping with contempt.

“You heard what he did to that teenager.”

“They’re just stories! Rumors!” Monica cried.

“Either way, you better be careful Monica. You’re obsession with getting revenge might end up hurting only you.”

“I’m not obsessed!” Monica spat at Dan. However, she didn’t even believe herself. Deep inside, she knew it was just denial.

“I just hope they don’t get any leads about the warehouse,” Dan said, getting nervous.

“They can’t! There are too many false trails and rumors.” Monica was actually getting nervous herself.

“Either way, it’s pissed them off,” Dan said, thinking back to his brother’s complaints.

“Good. Remember Dan, the idea is to weaken the empire- not destroy it.”…And to have fun while we’re doing it,Monica thought with a smile.
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