The Lyon Lie (Hakeem Lyon Love Story)

Chapter 26- Hustle

~Cartiér's POV~

It Had Been A Week Since My Meeting With Anika. I Also Haven't Heard From Hakeem Because He's Out There Running Around With Some Milf. It's Cool Though Because I'm So Done With Hakeem. He Claims He Loves Camilla. Or At Least That's What He Told Tianna. His Dumb Ass Still Hasn't Had The Decency To Call And Tell Me That It's Over.

Jamal On The Other Hand Was Completely Honest When I Asked Him About Our Midnight Flings. We Had Just Finished Having Some Passionate Sex And I Just Had To Ask Him What Was Up.

"Jamal I Just Want To Know What It Is We're Doing?" I Asked Sitting Across From Him.

"I Don't Know. And Honestly Cartiér I Don't Want You To Get Too Attached. Honestly Every Night It Seems Like We End Up In Bed Together For All The Wrong Reasons"

"What Happened With Michael?"

"He Couldn't Deal With The Fact That I Put My Music First. He Couldn't Deal With The Fact That I Let Lucious Put Me In This Situation Again." He Said Putting His Head In His Hands.

"Hey, Look At Me Jamal. There Isn't Too Many People That Can Get With This Lifestyle. It's A Lot Of Ups And Downs. If He Can't Deal With It While Your Career Is Just Taking Off, Then He Definitely Won't Be Able To Deal When It's At It's Peak" I Said.

"I'm Sorry"

"For What"

"For Kissing You That Night." Jamal Said Looking Me In The Eyes.

"I Kissed You. And Don't Be Sorry Jamal. I Was Using You Just Like You Were Using Me. Jamal I Knew This Would Be A Fling. At The End Of The Day You Are Into Men. I Want You To Embrace That. Never Let Me Or Anybody Else Stop You"

"You Are My BestFriend" Jamal Laughed.

"Okay BestFriend. Just Know, If I'm Your BestFriend I Better Be Your Only BestFriend"

"I Promise" He Said.

I Stood Up And Gave Jamal A Hug.

I've Actually Been Becoming Friends With Tianna. Just Friends. We'd Been Out Partying Together. She Even Help Me Get My Shit Together One Night When I Was Having A Drunk Fit Over Hakeem And Camilla. Even Though She Helped Destroy Hakeem And I's Relationship, She Showed Me His True Colors. And Until Hakeem Got From Up Under Lucious And Camilla's Control Hakeem Would Never Be A Man.

Anika Announced To Me And Tianna That She Was Going To Meet With Baretti After The White Party. This Made A Whole Lot Of Since For Me Because Jamal Was Going To Come Out At The White Party. Of Course I Never Told Anybody Else This Because One Thing I Didn't Do Was Be Messy And Tell Everybody Business.

I Wasn't Completely Sure About Joining Forces With Anika. I Loved Cookie. She Was The Best Manager I Could Ask For. But After This Stunt Jamal Is Going To Pull At The White Party, I Have To Ensure That I Have A Secure Future For Me And Lani.

With The White Party Being A Few Days Away I Had To Make Sure Jamal Was Still Going To Go Through With His Plan. Also He Needed To Tell Me Who He Was Now Seeing Because His Face Was Glowing More Than A Pregnant Woman With Baby Oil.

"So BestFriend Tell Me Who This New Hunky Man Is" I Said Sitting Next To Jamal On The Bed.

"Who?"

"Don't Play All Dumb With Me. The One That's Got You Putting On Different Cologne. The Same One That Got You Changing Your Shirt 3 Times Before You Leave. If I Didn't Know Better I'd Say You Were In Love"

"What?! No... I Just Have A New Friend... His Name Is Ryan"

"Mmmhhhmmm Tell Me About This 'Friend' Ryan"

"He's Shooting The Video For The Legacy Album And Stuff"

"Oh... Is He Bae Material??"

"Hmmmm...I Think So. He's One Of The Reasons I Want To Come Out At The Party"

"Oh..... Speaking Of The White Party I Kinda Have Something To Tell You"

"What Is It"

"Promise Me You Won't Be Mad" I Said.

See I Had Made The Conscious Decision To Tell Jamal About Anika And Her Plan. Jamal And I Decided To Take The Empire Together Which Meant No Secrets.

"What? You Don't Want Me To Come Out" Jamal Asked Scooting Next To Me And Wrapping His Arms Around Me. "Look I Know It Effects Both Of Us But I-"

"No Jamal I Want You To Come Out. Jamal I Want You To Be Happy"

"Well What's Wrong"

"Anika Is Leaving Empire And Going To CreedMoore. She Wants Tianna And I To Be Her Spies."

"Did You Say Yes? We Have To Tell Cookie"

"No! Don't Tell Cookie. Just Find A Way To Have Cookie Watch Anika So This Whole Thing Will Blow In Her Face. Jamal We Have To Learn To Play Both Sides If We Want To Get Far In Our Plan."

"I Just Don't Want To Play Dirty"

"Jamal The Only Way We Can Win Is To Get Dirty. Look Anika Leaving Is Just A Security Blanket For You And I. Think About It Mal, After You Come Out Your Dad Is Going To Want To Get Back At You And Me. But With Anika Leaving He Can't Afford To Do Something Rash That Might Cause Me To Go To Baretti. It's A Smart Move"

"I Just Don't Want This To Blow Up In Our Faces"

"Jamal I Promise You If Shit Blows Up I'll Take The Fall. I'm The One That Got You In This Mess And I Won't Let You Get Messed Up Because Of Me. Jamal I Love You" I Said Giving Him A Hug.

"I Love You Too. I Just Want To Make Sure Your Being Safe"

~Jamal's POV~

I Was At Empire Finishing Up My Part Of The Song "You're So Beautiful" When I Heard People Talking In Hushed Voices. I Looked Out The Door And Seen Porsha Talking To Anika. I Pulled Out My Phone And Recorded What I Was Seeing. I Couldn't Pick Up What They Were Talking About Though.

I Walked to Cookie's Office And Showed Her The Video. Right After I Put My Phone Away Porsha Walked In.

"Porsha Why We're You Just Out In The Hallway Talking To That Knock Off Halle Berry?" Cookie Said.

"She Was Trying To Steal Me From You. I Was Trying To Save Her. She Was Offering Me All Kinds Of Money But I Said No. She Was Acting All Desperate"

"Yeah Mom. Anika Seems Like She's Been Up To Something. Acting Real Sneaky And What Not. I Think You Should Have Somebody Follow Her. I Mean It's Only Fair, Since She Had People Following You"

"Good Idea Jamal. That's My Baby. Now I'll See You At The White Party" She Said Getting Up And Giving Me A Kiss On The Cheek. She Walked Out And Started Fussing At Porsha.

My Mind Drifted Back To My Conversation With Cartiér. I Wasn't One To Play Dirty, But It Seemed Like Her Plan Made Since. As Long As We Didn't Get Caught.

~Please Read My Brand New Original Story. It Is About A Partially True Story. Please Read It And Tell Me What You Think.

~So Cartiér Is Somewhere Inbetween Being Team BooBoo Kitty And Team Cookie.

~This Us One Of Those Chapters That I Feel Is Missing Something.... I Don't Know. I Might Re Write It... I Don't Know. Do Yahh Like It??

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