BEAUTY AND THE BEAST THE MOST DANGEROUS UNKNOWN SECRET SEASON.VOL 1

𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓#𝟓𝟏

AT WORK
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Who's the guy?
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
What?
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
You only file when there's a problem with a guy.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
That is not true.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Giving her that look
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Okay, okay, fine.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
I knew it; I knew there was a guy.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
"Was" being the operative word.
Apparently, I got myself into yet another complicated non-relationship that
I think is going somewhere, only to discover it is going nowhere.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Okay, well, first of all, if he's not into u, he's an idiot, and second-- who is he?
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Doesn't matter.
From now on, I am sticking to simple.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Simple, like your dad marrying someone young enough to be your sister?
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Oh, God. Dress fitting.
𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫
Brooke forgot to take your shoes when she left this morning.
She says she'll meet u at the bridal salon at 1:00.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Okay, I meant to call, but since Aaliyah away in Atlantic City, I thought we could reschedule.
You know, dresses are much more her thing.
𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫
Rozonda, I wish you'd just give Brooke a chance.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
I have.
𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫
You haven't spent more than ten minutes in the same room with her since the engagement party.
Great. So I'll see u at dinner tonight.
The reservation's for four, so if u can't bear the thought of being trapped alone with just the two of us, invite someone.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Mm.
𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫
Like that nice man from the engagement party.
Brooke really hit it off with him.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Dallas?
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
You talking about me?
Mr. Thomas. Good to see u.
𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫
How would u like to save Ro and come to dinner tonight?
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Dad. No.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
It would be my pleasure. What time?
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Hello. The person that u are talking about is right here.
𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫
7:30. At Per Se.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Still here.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
We'll be there.
𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫
Terrific.
It means a lot to me.
And to Brooke.
All right, see u tonight.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Okay.
Okay, before I enumerate all of the ways that that was wrong, we should probably talk about what happened the other night.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
Agreed.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
We got a dead body down in SoHo.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
Looks like we'll have to continue this conversation at dinner.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
I'm telling u, your dad did u a huge favor.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
I am not having this conversation right now.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Things go south with Mr. Complicated, he gets u a date with Dallas.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
It is not a date.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Dinner at Per Se? That's the definition of a date.
You know what I'm thinking, I'm thinking you're so hung up on the other guy 'cause he rejected u, and there's nothing more tempting than rejection.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
That is ridiculous. And it' not a he actually
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Say what
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Nothing
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
That's Psych 101. Besides, Dallas a cute guy and clearly likes u.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Okay.
Nicholas Varkas, 26, Queens address.
Nicholas is an artist.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Any evidence of a break-in?
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
No. No forced entry, nothing missing.
And the woman who found the body said that there was some art opening tonight.
It looks like they're still having it.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Well, if we let them, they'd put a velvet rope around him and call it an "installation""
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Are u Lauren Harris?
𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧
Yeah. The other officers told me I can keep working.
We have 200 people coming here in ten hours.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
The show must go on?
𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧
He's not gonna cancel.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
"He" being...?
𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧
Marco. The owner.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
How many people have access to this gallery?
𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧
Usually, just me, Marco and a few of the assistants, but Nicholas was here loading in the final pieces last night.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
If that door was left propped open, someone could've come in from the alley.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Can u think of anyone who'd have a beef with him?
𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧
I only met him a few times.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
Ro, Tionne.
Shot in the back.
Two bullets, low-caliber weapon.
But the way he fell, he wasn't running away from someone.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
So either someone snuck up on him...
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Or whoever he was, he didn't think they were a threat.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
I also found some white cotton fibers.
It's a long shot, but I could run them back to the lab now.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
You two lovebirds go ahead.
I'm gonna check out the art in the bathroom.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Okay, look, u don't have to come to dinner-- my dad put u on the spot.
Not that it's a big deal or anything, but the last thing
I want to be doing is having dinner with another murky, undefined situation.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
This isn't murky, Ro.
It's simple, okay?
I'll pick u up at 7:00.
Unless u don't think u can handle yourself around me.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Of course I can handle myself.
It's just, after the incident at my party...
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
You mean when u kissed me?
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
You kissed me.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
Your cheeks are turning red.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
It's just, I don't want to complicate things now.
We're friends, we work together, and I know what that's like, to think that someone has feelings for u when...
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
There are absolutely no feelings.
It was just one kiss.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Right.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
Leading in
Just one, completely meaningless... kiss.
Smirks I'll pick u up at 7:00.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Watching him walk away