17 - innocent,

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before we get into this chapter ..

cause y'all always threatening me chile

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cause y'all always threatening me chile...😂 y'all my babies but y'all can still catch this fade, quit playing wimme!

Lotus slipped her shades onto the top of her head, walking into the building. She received texts from both Raya and Pryce, urging that they needed her to come in for a meeting.

She spent the entire morning packing up the rest of G'Daddy's things, and would be officially bidding him a farewell tomorrow. She was somewhat relieved that her family would be finally returning to California. With all that was going on, she didn't want to be any where around them, risking their safety.

It was bad enough that her brother was already approached by someone that was working for 'P'.

Lotus opened the door that led towards the hallway, almost bumping into someone. She quickly stopped in her tracks and looked up, seeing that it was Gotti.

"O-oh hey," she took a step back a little, taken aback by his presence. "How are you — I mean, no, that's a stupid question. You don't have to answer that," she stammered a little, unsure of what to say to him.

"It's fine, preciate you for asking..." he deeply sighed. "I, um, I got a text from Santos — I needed to get out of the house anyway." He told her, as they slowly walked down the hall towards the conference room.

"How's uh, how's Tiny?"

"I don't know—I haven't been home in a few days." he shrugged, looking down at his feet. Lotus raised an eyebrow, giving him a confused look.

He stopped and turned towards her, "Can I ask you something?" he stuffed his hands into the pockets of his jeans.

"Sure," Lotus nodded her head, also stopping and facing him.

"Is it um, is it wrong that I-I blame her?" he finally asked her, seeming a little choked up by bringing up the situation. "I feel a lot like...I don't know, I guess, resentment?"

"Towards her?"

"Yea..."

Lotus stood there for a minute, thinking of the right words to say. She didn't want to bash Tiny, but she also didn't want Gotti to feel as if his feelings weren't valid.

"Well, first I should ask, why do you blame her?" Lotus questioned him. He pulled one of his hands from out of his pocket and rubbed the back of his neck, looking down at his feet again.

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