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Episode 23
Riley arrived first- only a few minutes after Will arrived in the foyer. Will and Riley shook hands amicably. They got along well. Then they all waited.
Carol arrived five minutes early, and greeted all of the men with a hærdy handshake and a nice smile. Carol didn’t even seem to notice Kieran was handicapped. This would earn her bonus points with the boss.
Once in the room, Carol seemed to understand what she needed to do. She answered all their questions carefully, and politely.
“Are you a good fighter?” Kieran asked.
“I have kickboxing lessons three times a week, sir,” Carol answered politely.
Will was pleased since the interview seemed to be going well. Kieran mostly listened while Will asked questions to which he already knew the answer. Questions such as; “Are you currently employed?” and “What activities do you partake in for hobby?”
When Will and Riley ran out of questions, they turned to Kieran. He was silent for a few moments.
“I only have one more question,” Kieran began. “Are you willing to use force on others for reasons other than self-defense?”
The room became very silent. Will almost broke out in a sweat. He had no idea what the answer to this question would be. Carol was silent for a few moments, thinking the question through. She finally looked up and made eye contact with Kieran. She spoke one word.
“Yes.”
Kieran looked over at Will and nodded. The interview was complete.
“Thank you Carol,” Will said to her, standing to esc-rt her to the door. “I will be contacting you within the next three days.” Will opened the door for her. “Henry will show you out.”
And then the real debate began. As soon as Will sat down, Kieran looked over at him.
“Explain your plan, Will,” Kieran said softly. Will was a little shocked, but he had expected to be tested as well.
“I want to hire Carol as a soldier, in order to obtain information or even just use her for force against other females. Though, d–n, she could also fight males as well,” Will explained.
“We have females in the ranks,” Riley said.
“Yes, but none that use their physical force. We have no female thugs,” Will responded.
“A female thug is a revolutionary idea to the org-nization,” Murphy said.
“Which is exactly why we should embrace it,” Will offered.
“Opposing org-nizations won’t like it, Will,” Riley chimed in again. “They will view it as playing dirty. No thug wants to hurt a female opponent. They might go easy on her, or hesitate.”
“I’ve seen this chick fight. If they try to use those excuses to explain why she kicked their asses, it will be because they got beaten by a girl, not because they held back on her.”
“They willtell us it is playing dirty, and they will resist.”
“Then we challenge them to hurt her,if they can.” Will said. This was followed by a short period of silence.
“What is her s€×ual orientation?” Kieran asked. They all looked at him.
“I don’t know,” Will answered.
“Why does it matter?” Murphy asked. The other three looked at each other, understanding the implications of Kieran’s question.
“It matters because a l-sbian is assumed to be more butch than straight chicks,” Will explained.
Episode 24
“Who would you rather fight, a straight girl, or a g-y 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 s€×ual 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.
* * *
Monica put on fire-truck red l¡pstick. She glanced in the mirror, looking at Dan, who was lounging in the bed unclad. 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 unclad 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 in,side, 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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