LISA AND TUPAC PLACE
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
Coffee or tea?
𝐓𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐜
Was I supposed to pick up something?
Why are u using my computer?
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
I needed to find a subway map.
𝐓𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐜
A lifelong New Yorker who's part bloodhound, and u suddenly forget how to get to Rockefeller Center?
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
I'm going back to the old neighborhood.
𝐓𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐜
Why are u going there?
Oh, wait, let me guess:
Rozonda.
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
Murdered painter.
The article in the newspaper said he was from Astoria, so...
𝐓𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐜
You are so lame.
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
Oh, as lame as u not telling me u were going on a date with Sara?
𝐓𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐜
Yeah. She instant- messaged u, was wondering why you're late.
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
So, u never answered: coffee or tea? Green tea.
𝐓𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐜
Green tea. Loaded with antioxidants.
Look, Lisa...
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
After all the lectures u gave me about Rozonda.
But...
𝐓𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐜
All right, I should've told u, just like u should tell Rozonda how u feel instead of... using a case as an excuse to see her.
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
No, she told me to stick to cases.
𝐓𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐜
There are two million people in Queens-- how exactly are u planning to help?
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
By finding the one that knows everything.
Leaving few hours later walking up to this guy that sell newspapers
Excuse me, is the paper still a dollar?
𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐲
No wonder I can't retire.
It's $2.50.
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
Is there any chance u know the, uh, Varkas family?
I just wanted to give my condolences.
𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐲
Oh, yeah. Too bad about Nick.
Stopped by every day on the way to work to buy a paper.
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
Oh, so he worked by here?
𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐲
Yeah, his mother owns the travel agency on Steinway.
He paints... uh, painted... in a studio on the top floor.
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
Right.
Uh, thanks.
𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐲
Neighborhood isn't what it used to be.
Loyal customers like Varkas.
People from here to Ditmars used to stop by on the way to work.
You know, u remind me of one of them.
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
I-I haven't been around here before.
𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐲
No, who is it, now, uh...?
Ronald Lopes.
Yeah. Any relation?
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
Uh, no.
𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐲
He stopped by on the way to work every day.
Lost a son and a daughter in the Towers.
One in Afghanistan.
Shame.
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚
Uh, it's-it's nice talking to u.
Thanks... thanks for the paper.
Leaving
INVESTIGATION
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Fancy crowd.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Not your usual money-laundering thugs.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Just think, Brooke could've put u in that for the wedding.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
I don't mind it.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Dallas, focus-- you're supposed to be mingling.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
All right, so we know how the money gets clean.
Let's figure out why it's dirty.
𝐃𝐮𝐝𝐞
How tall are u ?
Five feet in those heels?
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Fuve one, but who's counting?
Oh. I guess u are.
𝐃𝐮𝐝𝐞
Yeah.
15 grand!
And I'll bet it's worth every penny.
𝐃𝐮𝐝𝐞
You seem like a wise woman...
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Hey...
It's not art fraud.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
I just got propositioned.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
That's because they're not paying for the paintings.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
They're paying for the women.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Marco's no gallery owner-- he's a pimp.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Now we know why Nicholas knocked out so many of the same paintings and why clients paid so much for them.
You pay big bucks for a painting, and a woman comes home with u.
Hard money trail for the authorities to follow.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Do u think Nicholas knew his art was being used as a front for prostitution?
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
If he did, maybe he was upset, and he confronted Marco, and things didn't go so well.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
Ballistics just came in-- the gun that killed Nicholas was a Lady Smith.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Dozens of sexy suspects, 50 johns--
Vice is gonna have a field day with this.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
I have to admit, this is the best-looking room of suspects I've ever seen.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Oh, great.
Then you'll have a good time sussing out if any of them are carrying.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Or if any of them will cop to having a relationship with Nicholas.
Do u think she's in on it?
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
One way to find out.
𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧
What I love about this painting is the youthfulness, the freshness.
As if it were uncorrupted by the world.
Excuse me for a minute.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
You get all that from an orange canvas?
𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧
Nicholas was gifted.
What brings u by, Detective?
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
Oh, we thought we'd pay our respects.
Obviously, we're not the only ones.
𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧
Well, people really respond to his work.
𝐓𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞
And yet this is the only gallery where Nicholas's work sells at these prices.
𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧
Well, that's Marco's gift-- making unknown artists into stars.
I wish Nicholas was here to enjoy it.
Excuse me.
𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧
Good evening.
Walking by
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
Looked at her and walk her walk away
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
A girl's gotta earn a living, but nights like these, I wish I was out of the game.
I'm Ro.
𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧
Daphne.
And there's nowhere to go.
At least with these guys, u know where u stand.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Maybe, but I'm still holding out for Prince Charming.
𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧
If you're looking for love, take it from me-- it never works out.
Prince Charming is a liar.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
I can't believe the artist died in here.
Did u know him? I heard that he was in love with one of the girls.
𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧
I met him... once or twice.
Acted like he was a sensitive artist, but he was "in love" with a lot of girls.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Really? I heard over at the bar that he, uh, applied for an apartment two days ago, wanted to move in with his girlfriend.
𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧
I hadn't heard that.
Excuse me.
You know they don't like it when we stand in one place for too long.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
Where's Tionne?
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Either with the man of her dreams or calling Vice-- your guess.
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬
Making me talk to other women all night, it's a strange tactic, but a memorable one.
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚
Sees Lisa
Dallas, can u just excuse me for a second?
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST THE MOST DANGEROUS UNKNOWN SECRET SEASON.VOL 1
Mister / ThrillerWhile investigating a murder, Detective Rozonda Thomas, discovers a clue that leads her to Dr. Lisa Lopes, a woman who supposedly died in Afghanistan in 2002. She realizes that she has met her before, years earlier when she saved her from an assaul...
