A few days passed, and everyone met up at the secret hideout location, all except Tiny who wasn't feel well due to her pregnancy symptoms. They were desperate for the call to come through, but so far they didn't have any luck. Their guy was starting to lose too much blood and they were a little fearful that he might die before they could get their next possible lead. They decided to look in other directions, just in case he did die before they get the call.
Since arriving at the building, Lotus and Tedric hadn't spoken a word to each other except for when they greeted one another. Other than that, they steered clear of each other, working in separate rooms. Throughout the day, Lotus could feel Capri staring at her, it slightly annoyed her and she tried biting her tongue, not wanting to engage with her. However, in the back of her mind, it bugged her that Capri had such animosity towards her unlike the others.
She could understand if the others had an issue with her, for what she did to Tedric but at the same time, none of them mouthed off to her or went out of their way to disrespect her. The only one who seemed highly bothered by her presence was Capri. There was only one explanation for why she would, and Lotus wanted to confirm her theory, once and for all.
Lotus walked into the small conference room, where Tedric and the rest were sitting down, going through a list of other possible leads. She cleared her throat, causing them to stop chattering and look at her. "Can I talk to you real quick?" she said, directing her attention on Tedric. He nodded his head and got up from the table and walked out of the room, everyone else exchanging suspicious glances.
The two walked down the hall to another room, that was built into an office. She opened the door, both walking in before he shut the door behind him. "What's up?" he asked her, leaning against the door.
"I'm not tryin' to start anything," she advised him, throwing her hands up. "But I have to ask, because it's giving possessive and delusional now, and I don't fuck wit' that shit. Are you sleeping or have you slept wit' Capri?" she questioned, finally giving him eye contact.
He deeply sighed, dropping his head. He pushed himself off the door and slowly stepped a little closer. "I was, but after she questioned me on if we were sleeping together or messing around, I dead that shit. I can't have her feelings getting involved and throwing her off from doing her job. We messed around for a few months, but that was it." he truthfully told her.
"Okay, well, for one, I think it's a li'l too late for that, cause it seems like her feelings are already involved. Secondly, you need to talk to her or some, because if I do, I'm gonna hurt ole' girl's feelings. She keeps coming at me on some messy shit and while I understand that she might act that way towards me because of what I did to you, I'm starting to believe otherwise. Not even the rest speak to me, she needs to follow suit. I'm tired of the bitch, thinking she can li'l girl me, when we all know I don't play that shit." Lotus ranted, sitting down on the desk, crossing one leg over the other.
"I'll talk to her," he said, backing up. Lotus hummed, and stood up straight. They both gazed into each other's eyes for a brief moment, until Tedric reached for the door and opened it. He let Lotus walk out first before he followed behind her out of the office, coming down the hall was Pryce holding a bag of oranges—a fruit that Lotus had been eating binge eating for the past few days.
A smile crept onto her face, eyeing the oranges in his hand. "Are those for me?" she raised an eyebrow, he grinned and passed them off to her. She sighed dreamily, gracefully accepting them. "I love when you spoil me,"
He laughed, throwing his arm around her as they walked into the huge garage. "Hey! He's callin' in!" Ranita shouted to them, as the phone started ringing on the table nearby. Tedric quickly rushed into the conference, letting them know. Lotus and Raya stood near Ranita, while she began tracing the number that popped up on the screen, Pryce accepted the call and put it on speaker, before nodding his head for the guy to start speaking.
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Midnights Menace.
General Fiction"Only a coward wait until his enemy have their back turned to make his move, now he's gotta feel a wrath of a menace."
