Kaira and Eliot were just laying in bed when they got called in to the office by Sophie. When they arrived at the office, they saw Sophie sitting in the meeting room with the client, Teresa.
The couple walked in and Sophie told Teresa to tell her story. Her husband had taken the fall for the local mob boss, Nicky Moscone. Nicky had told her husband Ray that they would look out for his family.
"That was five years ago. Ray still has ten more years left on his sentence." Teresa explained.
"It's all right, Teresa. Can I get you anything?" Sophie asked.
Teresa started crying. Nate then walked in.
"Hey, Nate, this is my friend, Teresa." Sophie was explaining before Nate cut her off.
Kaira got a look on her face.
"Ms. Palermo. Yes. Hardison brought me up to speed. Go on. Please, continue." Nate said, kinda rudely.
Kaira gave Nate a look as she sat by him.
"Well, after it happened, I told my husband to tell the truth. You know, we'd go in the program, start over. But he said it was better like this, that we'd have a cushion. What a joke. Moscone never gave us a dime. We lost the restaurant, our house. Then a couple of weeks ago, I saw this is our local paper." Teresa explained, grabbing her wallet and pulling out a newspaper article she cut out.
She put it on the table and Nate looked at it.
"Moscone has a big wedding planned for his daughter - his princess. While my daughter only knows her father from the other side of bulletproof glass. It's not right." Teresa said, starting to get heated a bit.
"No, no, it's - it's not right. But you know, uh, we're not detectives. And if you want to prove your husband's innocence, there are plenty of agencies I could recommend." Nate said.
Kaira shot daggers at Nate with her eyes.
"Don't you think I tried that? This is Nicky Moscone we're talking about. They all laughed." Teresa said.
Kaira gave Teresa a sympathetic look.
"I think what Nathan's trying to ask is; what exactly do you want from us?" Kaira said to Teresa.
"The note on the restaurant - 765,000. I want what Moscone promised us - no more, no less. If I could get the restaurant back, it would give my husband something to look forward to. Otherwise-" Teresa said, keeping her request simple in principle before Nate cut her off.
"Yeah. We will discuss it and get back to you." Nate said, standing up.
"I understand. Thank you." Teresa said, defeated. Kaira went over to her to walk her out.
"Don't worry, Teresa. I'll make sure you get your money and the restaurant back." Kaira said, whispering.
Teresa looked side to side. "Where'd my daughter go?" Teresa asked.
"I think she was with Parker." Hardison said. Kaira rolled her eyes.
"You let Parker babysit?!" Kaira questioned. Hardison just looked at her. They found Parker teaching Teresa's daughter how to pick a lock. The team had varying expressions on their faces.
Once Teresa left, Kaira hit Nate on the back of the head.
"You could have been nicer, Nathan!" Kaira exclaimed.
She sat down with the team in the meeting room.
"They have nowhere else to turn." Sophie said, walking around everyone.
"Yeah, well, you know, her husband should've thought of that before he got in bed with Nicky Moscone. It's mob stuff. It's not the kind of case we take." Nate explained.
"Excuse me, Nathan, we help people who have nowhere else to turn. Teresa said it herself, she tried to go through the proper channels and they all laughed at her. We are her last hope!" Kaira exclaimed, getting heated at Nate.
"I agree with Kaira." Sophie said.
"Well, why don't you write her a check?" Nate questioned.
Kaira got a disgusted look on her face.
"Maybe I will if it comes to that." Sophie said, serious.
She sighed. "Wow. I really thought you'd get this, Nate. Teresa just doesn't want to get paid. She wants the man who destroyed her family to pay." Sophie said.
Kaira agreed.
"You know, if it doesn't come from him, if he's not hurt by it in some way, then there's - there's no justice." Sophie continued.
"Sophie-" Nate said, putting his hand on his face, annoyed.
"Just take the mob out of it." Hardison said.
"What? Take the mob out of it?" Nate questioned.
"Hear me out. Isn't this just a breach of contract?" Hardison asked.
"These guys had a deal, right? And your boy, Ray, he lived up to his end, but Moscone didn't. For that, there's not a court of law in this world this lady can go to." Eliot explained.
"Which is exactly the kind of case we take." Parker said.
Nate looked annoyed.
"Oh, come on. I don't - why Teresa?" Nate questioned Sophie. Kaira was confused.
"I don't know." Sophie said.
She paused for a moment.
"Well, her man's gone to jail for 15 years, and she's waiting for him... for 15 years. Do you have any idea how hard it is to wait for someone?" Sophie said, kinda quiet.
In that instant, Kaira knew what she was talking about... it was Nate.
"Yeah." Kaira whispered.
Eliot looked at her in understanding. He knew too. Nate then stood up, also realizing what Sophie meant.
"Yeah, okay, let's go rob Nicky Moscone - a guy who kills people and lives in our city. Yeah, let's do that." Nate said, frustrated.
"All the more reason to take him down." Kaira said.
Nate walked away. The team got up to leave. Kaira took Sophie aside.
"Sophie, I do know what it's like waiting for someone. I waited for Eliot for four years." Kaira said, a sympathetic smile.
Sophie gave her a thankful smile and walked away. Kaira joined Eliot as they drove to Moscone's mansion.
Nate looked through the binoculars.
"Typical mob McMansion. They've got the hideous gates, infinity pool, statues everywhere." Nate said.
He handed the binoculars to Hardison. Nate sighed.
"How are we gonna handle surveillance?" Nate asked.
Hardison lowered the binoculars.
"We can't. That thing's a fortress, man. I clocked four armed guards, a Tikva security system. That thing's Israeli made. It's used to protect their military bases. It's unhackable. Oh, and then there's the FBI parked around the corner." Hardison said.
Kaira got an idea. "FBI? Where?" Parker questioned, looking through a camera.
Hardison moved the camera for Parker.
"See that crappy van that says plumber?" Hardison asked.
Parker confirmed she saw it. Kaira did too.
"Did you say plumber? That's there cover? Oh, that is so cute. It's like it's 1978 all over again." Sophie questioned, almost embarrassed for the FBI guys.
"Listen, you can't just walk into a place like that blind." Eliot said.
"Oh, yeah, that's true." Nate said.
"If we can't get our surveillance the typical way, let's borrow theirs." Kaira said, reading Nate's mind.
Hardison and Parker changed into FBI gear and went over to the van.
"Huh. How did he know that?" Sophie questioned, referring to Hardison saying about the memo they sent being moved up the chain.
"Oh, the field guys are always sending memos. They just need validation." Nate answered.
"Nathan everyone wants validation." Kaira said.
Eliot was at the laptop when Parker got the FBI badge clearances from both agents so him and Kaira could get the files for the Moscone case. Hardison also helped the FBI out by plugging a USB into the recorder to clear the comms up. They also had a single bug in the barbecue. Kaira knew they had to help the FBI guys out.
"I got it!" Eliot reported, getting the badges.
"Right there." Eliot said, putting both his and Kaira's faces on the badges so they could get in.
Parker and Hardison exited the van and went back to the office.
Kaira and Eliot changed into FBI outfits with the badges and went into the FBI office to find the Moscone case files.
"You know, cowboy, I like the hair up on you." Kaira flirted, giving him a smile.
"Thanks. I like it when you get dressed up for a job. Though did you have to wear the lipstick that drives me crazy?" Eliot smiled at her.
"Why not?" Kaira retorted.
She had on a light red lipstick, which went well with her complexion. They walked into the offices and got past security.
"We're in. Guide us." Eliot said into the comm.
Eliot and Kaira walked to the server room.
"Okay, I found the server with the Moscone surveillance files. Room 718." Hardison reported.
"Got it. Heading there now." Kaira said.
They found the room and walked in.
"All you have to do is rip them on my flash drive and run." Hardison explained.
Eliot shut the door behind them.
"I don't have to type anything, right?" Eliot questioned.
"No, just plug it in. It does the rest." Hardison explained.
"Pretty nifty." Kaira complimented.
"All right, cause you know I just learned the photoshop thing you told me." Eliot said. Kaira chuckled.
"Baby steps, cowboy." Kaira joked.
Kaira and Eliot went to unlock the cabinet.
"So I just plug it in." Eliot said.
Eliot opened the door. It was a bunch of cassette tapes. Kaira was silent, dumbfounded along with Eliot.
"Now, audio files, they can take a little while to run, but, uh, the servers are pretty loud, so that should give you some cover." Hardison explained.
"Son of a bitch! Hardison, it's not audio files. The files are on cassette tapes." Kaira reported, upset.
"Wha - hold - wait, did you - you just say tapes?" Hardison questioned, surprised.
"She just said tapes!" Eliot exclaimed.
"Cassette tapes?" Hardison questioned.
Eliot started hitting the USB against the cassette tape.
"Your - your little thing, it's not gonna work." Eliot said, agitated.
"But at least you ain't got to type nothing." Hardison reported.
"Hardison, how are we supposed to walk out of the FBI offices with a box of surveillance tapes?" Kaira questioned, thinking of a way out.
"Punch somebody." Hardison said.
"Oh... I'm gonna punch somebody." Eliot threatened.
"Settle down, cowboy. We'll think of something." Kaira said.
Just then the fire alarm went off.
"Thank you." Kaira said.
Her and Eliot grabbed boxes and put the tapes in them.
"You're welcome." Hardison said.
"Was that so hard?! Why couldn't you have just done that off the bat?" Eliot questioned, upset.
They finished packing up the tapes and walked out of the offices. They arrived back at the Leverage offices and Hardison listened to 74 hours worth of cassette tapes before he finally found something.
Kaira and Eliot changed back into their civilian outfits. They met up in the meeting room. They sat down as Hardison walked in with his laptop.
"How was it?" Parker asked Hardison.
"You try listening to 74 straight hours of surveillance of the mob on a Walkman." Hardison said, getting the audio pulled up on his laptop.
"Okay, what'd you learn?" Nate asked.
"Well, first of all, uh, how great Jersey Boys is there. They are fantastic. Really, man, they -" Hardison ranted before Nate cut him off.
"No, what did you learn about where Moscone keeps his money?" Nate questioned.
Hardison clicked his remote and pulled up a picture of a woman on screen.
"Keeps it in offshore accounts under his wife's name, Heather, to protect it from the Feds." Hardison explained.
"Can you break the codes?" Nate asked.
"The codes? The codes to the Cayman Bank and Trust, where the Cali Cartel and African dictators keep all their dirty money? T-The ones that Moscone changes anytime he damn well pleases? Like, it's - come on. Dude, a-are you kidding me?" Hardison said, indicating he can't.
"You know, you're - you're very negative lately." Nate said.
"Yeah." Eliot said. Kaira just rolled her eyes.
"And the sass, it doesn't - doesn't help." Nate said.
"Where does Moscone keep his liquid assets?" Kaira asked.
"Okay, I took a number of daily deliveries his capos make to the house, and cross-referenced them with his declared income and his spending habits. I'd say he's got at least two million stashed right here." Hardison explained, switching the pictures.
"So we're back at the beginning. Um... all we need is a - is a way in, right?" Nate said.
"This guy. Me and Kaira could hit one of the bagmen before they get in. Roll the dice on a big payout." Eliot suggested.
"Or we could tunnel from the neighbors." Parker suggested.
Nate looked back at the picture which showed Heather talking to two people in uniforms.
"What's going on here? What's with- "Nate questioned before Hardison went to explain.
"Oh, uh, he's just putting up a tent for Moscone's daughter's wedding. It's happening this weekend. There's a lot of conversations between him and the wife about that." Hardison explained.
"Let's hear one." Sophie said.
Hardison pulled up the audio file. This was the conversation.
"I am overwhelmed! I need help!" Heather exclaimed.
"Overwhelmed! You're the one who wanted this huge fiasco!" Nicky exclaimed.
"No, no. No. For your daughter."
"I told you, I don't want people in my house."
"Yeah, unless it's your skank yoga instructor, then it's fine, huh?"
Kaira tried her best to keep a straight face.
"Skanky yoga instructor?" Nicky questioned.
"Can't even touch your toes." Heather yelled.
"It's a bit like an opera, isn't it?" Sophie questioned, amused.
"You mean cause I want to run away?" Eliot said.
"Well, now, if that isn't an invitation, I don't know what is." Nate said.
"Well, the obvious thing is to have all of us go in as an event organizer company. Sophie, you're the manager, Hardison can be the DJ, that way he can have his laptop for surveillance, Eliot can be the caterer, Parker the seamstress, and I'll be Sophie's assistant. Oh, and Nate can be the minister." Kaira suggested.
The team agreed and they left to go to the Moscone mansion the next day.
They rang the doorbell and Heather opened the door.
"Mrs. Moscone? Ruby Holden and Elena Drake- Peerless Events. Your wedding planners." Sophie said, handing her a card.
"What? I didn't hire a wedding plan-" Heather was saying before Kaira cut her off.
"Your husband hired us. He didn't tell you?" Kaira said, showing a confused look to Sophie to act like she didn't know that.
"Said something about you being overwhelmed." Sophie said.
"Oh. Well, uh, Ms., uh..." Heather said, looking at the card.
"You can call me Ruby." Sophie said.
"And you can call me Elena." Kaira said, offering a smile.
"Ruby, Elena - that's cute. How shall I put this? Uh, everyone, I've hired for this wedding - the caterer, the florist, the band - is a friggin' moron. But I'm gonna have to live with it because the wedding is two days away. And frankly, I don't see how you can come in and magically fix everything. What are you two - Mary Poppins?" Heather said, unamused.
"Well, We do have a little help." Sophie said, moving to reveal the rest of the team.
They walked in and got to work. Kaira walked around, helping Hardison place mics everywhere to record the conversations at the wedding and to look for potential hiding places for the money. Kaira went into the kitchen and met with Eliot. He was cutting up some green onion for the dish he was making.
"That smells amazing, babe." Kaira complimented.
"Thank you. I'm making some stuffed mushrooms with pine nuts and basil. I'm also pan-searing scallops and gonna devein some shrimp." Eliot said, still cooking.
"Need my help with anything?" Kaira asked.
"Yeah. I made a couple of the stuffed mushrooms. Can you try one?" Eliot asked.
Kaira shook her head yes as Eliot grabbed a mushroom for her to taste after putting lemon juice on it. Kaira grinned.
"That tastes amazing, cowboy. Remind me to have you cook for me more often." Kaira smiled flirtatiously at Eliot. He smiled.
"I'm glad you like it. Do you mind checking the kitchen for the money? If I'm gonna make enough food for everyone, I can't search for the money." Eliot said, looking at his girlfriend.
"Sure thing, cowboy." Kaira said.
Kaira opened up the cupboards first, checking for false backs and careful not to move any of Eliot's ingredients. Kaira then checked the drawers and looked for false bottoms, careful of moving the utensils. She was about to check the island Eliot was cooking on when Nate walked in, dressed as a Priest.
"How we doing? How's the search?" Nate asked.
"I haven't started yet." Eliot said.
"I looked around the kitchen. I haven't found the money yet." Kaira reported.
"Okay, you know, I haven't gotten one answer I was looking for today." Nate said, unamused, walking to the other side of Eliot.
Nate saw that Eliot was cutting onion.
"What is that you're doing? What's going on?" Nate asked, curiously.
"I'm cutting onion, deveining shrimp, uh, pan-searing some scallops. I got 200 people I got to feed, all right? Back off." Eliot said, getting irritated.
Kaira placed a hand on his shoulder to calm him down.
"Okay, okay. Hmm." Nate said, almost surprised how well Eliot seemed to understand the food.
"What, you think the only thing I know how to do is bust heads?" Eliot asked.
Kaira chuckled.
"No - well, yeah." Nate admitted.
"Look, hold a knife like this, cuts through an onion." Eliot said, holding the knife above his hand and making a saw motion.
He then flipped the knife so it faced out.
"Hold a knife like this, cuts through, like, eight yakuza in four seconds. Screams, carnage. People are like knives. Everything's in context." Eliot said.
Kaira was about to look at the island again for the money when Heather busted in.
"Okay, hors d'oeuvres." Heather said, like she was expecting a report.
"Yes, ma'am. Stuffed mushrooms, pine nuts, a kiss of basil, some sun dried tomatoes, and..." Eliot topped off the mushroom with some lemon juice before giving it to Heather to try. She took a bite. "The finishing touch - lemon juice." Eliot finished.
Heather spit it out towards the sink. Eliot had a disapproving face, and Kaira tried to hide her 'if looks could kill' face.
"Does this look like a food court? Does it? I want high end food - high end! What are you..." Heather said, disappointed before leaving.
Eliot grabbed the knife like he was gonna stab her, which Kaira couldn't blame him, but Nate grabbed his arm.
"I know." Eliot growled.
"Hey, just - find the money. That's why we're here - to find the money." Nate said before leaving.
Kaira finished looking in the kitchen and kissed Eliot goodbye. She met up with Hardison and helped him finishing placing the mics everywhere. Kaira heard Sophie and Parker meet up with Heather to discuss the bridesmaid's dresses. Parker was unsympathetic and basically told the one bridesmaid she was fat. Kaira felt bad as she went up and comforted the poor girl and kicked Parker out for the moment. After consoling the bridesmaid, Cindy, she met up with Parker.
"Parker, that was rude. If you are gonna do this, you need to at least pretend you care. You can't be telling people what they don't want to hear. Especially on this job." Kaira explained.
"Alright." Parker said, walking away.
Kaira rolled her eyes.
"Parker. Promise me you'll be nicer and apologize to Cindy." Kaira warned.
"I will." Parker said, not really wanting to hear it.
Kaira gave up and continued walking around, looking at the various rooms left unchecked.
"I checked the library and the maid's room. No sign of the money. Now we need to focus. We only have one day left before we-" Nate reported on comms before getting interrupted by Nicky.
Kaira continued searching, tuning out the conversation.
"Hardison, office phone. Get the feed." Nate ordered.
This perked Kaira up. They continued for the rest of the day until it got late and they went back to the office and got pizza and soda.
Hardison pulled up the feed from the phone call.
"Well, you tell that bastard if he wants that money so bad, I'll give it to him at the reception, huh? And he better bring Maria one hell of a gift." Nicky said in the recording. Hardison stopped it.
"Okay, that means the deal is going down at the wedding, probably involving all of Moscone's available cash." Nate informed the team.
"So, basically, we go in, we've got to find the money, then we've got to get it out under the noses of 200 hungry guests." Eliot said.
"While we run the wedding?" Parker questioned.
"Hey, we find the money. We get out before it starts. You know, I swear, I never understood the lengths people go with these things. I mean, the endless - you know, the dresses and the endless toasts and the crying. And - and, you know, it's just - it's unbelievable to me. And everyone has a role to play, right? And the bride and groom at the end of the day, they go home with a pile of cash. And if you really think about it, the whole thing is just a giant, giant, con." Nate started ranting, removing the collar of his priest outfit.
The team gave him looks. Sophie worst of all.
"Nathan, you do realize you were married, right? Like, you went through all that." Kaira commented.
Sophie got up and paced as the team laughed a bit.
"Well, aren't you romantic." Sophie quipped, leaving, a slight smile and shrug from Nathan.
The team got up as Eliot and Kaira were in the kitchen area. Eliot was eating an apple, Kaira finishing her soda.
"You know, despite what Nathan said, I'd still like to get married someday." Kaira said.
"Oh, really?" Eliot smiled.
"Yeah. I mean, the idea of being bonded through vows, the flexibility of the whole thing, it's beautiful to me." Kaira smiled.
Then Hardison walked in, finishing his orange soda, then throwing away the bottle.
"Yo. No way in hell I could ever get married. I mean, it's just - it's just a piece of paper. I take it neither of you been married." Hardison said.
"Never got the chance." Kaira said.
"No." Eliot said.
"Ever come close?" Hardison asked.
Kaira shook her head no.
"No." Eliot said, taking another bite of apple.
"What was her name?" Hardison asked.
Eliot laughed a bit.
"It was a girl I grew up with. But, anyway, she married somebody else, so..." Eliot said.
Hardison chuckled a bit. "Hot damn - what did you do?" Hardison asked.
"What did I do? I liberated Croatia." Eliot said.
Eliot and Kaira left.
"Oh, see, now, me, I'd have just gotten fat and opened up a comic book shop. That's you and me right there." Hardison said.
Once Eliot and Kaira went out of view, Kaira slapped Eliot in the arm. Eliot flinched. "What?" Eliot questioned.
"You were talking about Aimee." Kaira realized.
"It was a very long time ago." Eliot said. Kaira just chuckled as they left. Then next day, everyone got ready.
Eliot finished up the food with Kaira's approval, Parker got on her bridesmaid dress and Hardison finished the electronics up, and Kaira and Sophie checked on everything.
"Everyone stop what they're doing. Meet me at the southwest corner now." Nate ordered, alarmed about something.
Kaira finished her walkthrough as she heard Sophie talk to the bride, Maria. Sophie also wasn't very nice about her "comforting". Kaira went in after her.
"Hey, Maria. I'm sorry. My partner hasn't had the best of luck with men. I'm also sorry your mom took over your wedding. I think she means well, but she just goes overboard. Don't listen to what Ruby said. Just put your faith in the people you trust." Kaira said to her.
She hugged Maria and she left to meet with Nate, running into Eliot along the way. T
hey walked to the corner Nate told them to meet at.
"What is it? I got bacon on." Eliot said.
"The butcher is here." Parker said.
"Does he have the baby lamb chops?" Eliot asked.
"No, the Butcher of Kiev." Hardison said.
Kairas face dropped. This was not good.
"Think he'll recognize you?" Nate asked.
Eliot went blank for a moment.
"Yeah, I think he'd remember me." Eliot said.
"Okay, well how is it that we know how good Jersey Boys is but we missed this somehow?" Nate questioned before Hardison interrupted him.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold up. Tone it down, brother. Okay, first of all, the sass? It's not helpful." Hardison said.
"But you were listening to the tapes. How did we miss this?" Nate questioned.
"Why are y'all looking at me? Okay, look, the guest list didn't raise any red flags with the Feds." Hardison said.
"Like Nicky Moscone would put people's real names on the guest list." Kaira retorted.
"Okay, listen, we have a world-class killer here who's going to I.D Eliot, and we are not prepared for this at all. So I am going to pull the plug. I want everyone to meet me at the van in two minutes." Nate ordered, going to leave.
"I'm staying." Sophie said.
Nate turned and walked back to the group.
"I'm sorry, you're - you're what?" Nate questioned.
"I'm staying." Sophie reiterated.
"You're staying? Sophie, it's the Butcher of Kiev." Nate reiterated.
"Have you ever been to Kiev? The cake maker of Kiev would whup all our ass. This is the Butcher." Hardison reiterated.
"Uh-huh. Is this about fear of the Russian mob or fear of intimacy?" Sophie asked.
The team groaned with disgust.
"Listen, I made a promise to my friend Teresa, and I'm not gonna let her down. And that bride in there - what's her name - I'm not gonna let her down, either. So you guys can go. I'm staying. I'll do this myself if I have to." Sophie said.
"Okay, fine. Sophie, Hardison, Parker, Kaira, find the money. Eliot, stay away from the Butcher. Uh, me... I have a wedding to officiate." Nate ordered as the team broke off.
Kaira stayed with Eliot in the kitchen to back him up in case the Butcher came. Parker came up as Eliot asked Kaira to grab the paprika.
"Downstairs is clear. That leaves one place where the money could be stashed - screening room." Parker reported.
Parker sighed. "Go." Parker said.
"These peaches aren't gonna poach themselves, Parker." Eliot said.
"And I have to watch his back in case the Butcher comes." Kaira said.
"Sorry, Emeril." Parker retorted as she left.
"What was that?" Eliot asked.
"You heard me." Parker said.
Kaira had to hold Eliot's arm so he didn't stab Parker.
Nate finished the officiating, kinda implying his and Sophie's relationship as Parker checked the screening room.
"Um... Moscone is leaving. The deal is going down now." Nate said.
It was a moment before anyone spoke.
"Eliot, Kaira, I got the boss and Sergei in the dining room. Where are they going?" Hardison asked.
Eliot and Kaira looked out the kitchen and saw the two men unlocking the door to the screening room.
"Screening room. Parker, you got the money?" Eliot asked.
"Not yet." Parker said.
"All right, they're on their way. Get out now." Eliot said.
"Not an option." Parker said, panicking.
Kaira drank a shot of liquor Eliot had out and went up to the boss.
"Parker you got 2 minutes max to get out." Kaira whispered.
She got his attention.
"Father of the bride! I was just looking for you. This is embarrassing, but your house is like a maze. I was trying to find the bathroom and I got lost! See, I was flirting with the chef and I'm supposed to meet him in a moment for some alone time, if you get my drift, and I was gonna freshen up a bit. Next thing I know, I took a turn, and I ended up here! Can you point me in the direction of the bathroom, please?." Kaira exclaimed, acting slightly drunk.
The liquor on her breathe confirming to Moscone. He pointed to the direction and Kaira thanked him. He was obviously uncomfortable. He turned away.
"Parker time's up." Kaira said, working her way back to the kitchen.
Eliot looked at her. "Seriously?" Eliot wasn't happy.
"What? Parker needed the time, I had to improvise." Kaira defended herself.
"Yeah, but us meeting later to do a little hanky panky? You couldn't think of anything else?" Eliot questioned.
"What? We're gonna do that anyway, so." Kaira gave Eliot a grin as he got uncomfortable and the team groaned.
It was silent for a second.
"Money gone. Sergei not happy." Parker whispered.
She was still in the room.
"Parker, I said get out!" Kaira exclaimed, not happy.
"Yeah, keep a lid on things until I figure out what happened." Nate said. Kaira and Eliot waited for more instruction.
"Eliot, Kaira, get to the screening room right now." Nate ordered.
As Eliot and Kaira rounded the corner, The Butcher and his goons rounded their corner. They got spotted. Eliot and Kaira went to go the other way, but the goons stopped him. The Butcher pulled out a cleaver.
"Going somewhere, my friend, huh?" The Butcher said.
The one goon went to punch Eliot, who dodged it and quickly took him down as The Butcher removed his jacket. The other goon went after Kaira as The Butcher went after Eliot. Kaira fairly quickly took down the goon as she went to help Eliot with The Butcher.
"Hardison, Moscone and Sergei are leaving through the northwest exit." Parker reported as Kaira punched the Butcher.
The couple used various utensils to try to disarm The Butcher. He pushed Kaira into the cupboard and started choking Eliot. Kaira jumped on The Butcher's back, putting pressure on his neck. Kaira saw Eliot use the rolling pin to move the tray of appetizers towards him and Kaira took that as the signal to get down. Eliot pushed the appetizer soaked with lemon juice in The Butcher's eyes, causing him to fall down and scream in pain. Kaira grabbed the tray and smacked him over the head with it, knocking him out.
"It's the lemon juice." Eliot said.
Kaira and Eliot checked each other for any major injuries. Luckily, they had none, just some bruises and cut lips. Kaira and Eliot laughed as they realized what they had done. Then Nate moseyed in. He stopped when he saw The Butcher laying on the ground.
"Did you just kill a guy with an appetizer?" Nate questioned.
"I don't know, maybe." Eliot said. Kaira smiled.
"Hell yeah we did." Kaira exclaimed, way too excited.
Parker was talking with Hardison as the trio in the kitchen went to grab the money from the screening room. Nate put it in a duffel bag and handed Eliot a set of car keys. Kaira heard Parker say through comms that she got out of the screening room by pulling the exact same stunt Kaira did.
"There it is. There you go." Nate said.
The keys jangled as Kaira grabbed them.
"Put it in the trunk." Nate ordered.
"This car?" Kaira questioned.
"Do it." Nate ordered, passing the duffel to Eliot.
Kaira and Eliot left as Nate walked away.
"Hardison, we've got to end the wedding now. Get Adam and Maria out immediately." Nate ordered.
Eliot and Kaira went to go outside to put the money in the trunk of the car as Hardison told the crowd that there was a storm brewing in the Rockies and that Adam and Maria had to go if they were gonna make it to Kansas safely. Sophie caught up with Heather as Nate informed Mr. Moscone and his friends that Sergei and Heather set him up.
Nate, Kaira, and Eliot rendezvoused at the kitchen, Nate pouring them bourbon. Kaira took small sips which helped with her achy muscles. Then Nicky came in.
"Where's my wife?" He asked.
"Your wife - she's gone." Nate said, pouring himself a drink.
Then Moscone left. Parker came up the stairs.
"Where's the cash?" Parker asked.
Then Sophie came around the corner.
"Yeah, where's Teresa's money?" Sophie asked.
Nate turned around as Hardison joined them.
"Oh, Nate, what have you done this time?" Sophie asked, nagging.
"Ah. Wait for it." Nate said, holding up his index finger.
Just then, the light on the phone for the library lit up as Nate picked it up. He beckoned for Hardison as Hardison wrote down something on his hand.
"You know all those offshore accounts that Moscone has, you know, the ones in Heather's name? Well, now that she's blown town. Guess who's on the phone changing the passwords. Can you do anything with those?" Nate explained, looking at Hardison.
"Oh, I can do everything with them." Hardison answered.
"Wait, wait, wait. I-I still don't understand. What happened to the cash?" Sophie asked, still confused.
"Oh, the cash. Well..." Nate said.
"Eliot and I put it in the newlywed's trunk." Kaira answered.
Sophie walked up to Nate.
"So, padre, a wedding's just a big con, huh?" Sophie questioned smugly as Parker and Sophie walked away.
Kaira and Eliot stayed to finish of their glass of bourbon. Hardison was eating the food Eliot made.
"I never said there was anything wrong with that." Nate said, taking another sip of bourbon.
"Let's go." Nate said, setting down his glass.
Eliot and Kaira walked by Hardison.
"This is pretty good, man." Hardison complimented, looking at the hitter.
"Thanks, man. I squeezed, like, fresh lemon juice on it." Eliot said, walking away hand in hand with Kaira, who was smiling.
"Cool. Cool." Hardison said, following them.
After Hardison left Moscone with five dollars in his account and Nate handed him the bible, they met at the restaurant that Teresa and her husband owned.
They used the money from the account to buy the place for Teresa and Ray. Sophie left to go get Teresa as the rest of the gang put the finishing touches on the place as Eliot started cooking. Sophie told the gang she was almost there so they turned the lights out and sat down. Sophie turned the lights on.
"Surprise!" The gang yelled.
Teresa was shocked as everyone laughed. Sophie handed Teresa the keys.
"It's all yours." Sophie said.
"I don't know what to say." Teresa said, still processing everything.
Sophie hugged her.
"Give me a hug." Sophie said.
Sophie told Teresa to sit down with her daughter.
"I wish Ray were here to see this." Teresa said.
Kaira grinned.
"Wait for it." Hardison said.
He had his laptop out and pulled up a news video. He turned the laptop towards Teresa and her daughter. The news video said that due to a confession, Ray's lawyers were filing for appeals and Moscone was gonna go to prison for the murder Ray took the fall for.
"I thought you couldn't. How?" Teresa questioned.
Kaira then remembered the mic Hardison put in Parker's flower on her dress. It caught Moscone admitting to the murder. Kaira thought the FBI guys were so excited when that happened.
Teresa turned to her daughter. "Daddy's coming home." She said.
Eliot then came out with a big plate of spaghetti and more food. He had a blue muscle shirt on as he sat down. The team started laughing and talking as Kaira tried to hide the fact she was turned on by her boyfriends outfit. They all celebrated, drank, and ate throughout the night until it got late and Teresa had to get her daughter home.
Kaira helped Eliot clean up. She was at the kitchen scrubbing the dishes when Eliot walked over and hugged her from behind. Kaira giggled as Eliot kissed her neck.
"Eliot, I'm trying to clean the dishes, stop." Kaira kept giggling.
Eliot placed another kiss on her neck.
"I saw the way you looked at me when I came out with the food." Eliot teased.
"The muscle shirt really looks good on you." Kaira smiled.
She finished up the dishes and turned around and grabbed a towel to dry her hands. Eliot held her as he kissed her lips.
"Do you remember during the wedding when I told you off for saying that me and you were meeting up for some alone time, and you said that we were gonna have some alone time anyway." Eliot teased.
Kaira smiled, knowing exactly where this was going.
"Yes." Kaira responded.
"I'd say let's get some alone time." Eliot said, kissing Kaira.
"At home, cowboy." Kaira said.
Eliot exhaled, planting one more kiss on his girlfriend's lips.
Once the restaurant was cleaned, everyone went home. Eliot and Kaira as soon as they got to their bedroom, started making out, falling on the bed. Let's just say the alone time they had went pretty well.