LEMONADE 2||

Chapter 50: Unhinged

Cortez and his father Giovanni stared at the club in agony. What was once Aces was now nothing but ashes. "Fuckkk, I can't believe this is happening right now, everything I worked for is gone" Giovanni cried rubbing his hands together. Cortez didn't know how to feel but he wanted answers he wanted to know who was behind all of this bullshit he and his family has endured for the past year. Shortly a truck pulled up. Ricky, Dreux, and Kasey immediately hopped out of the car. "? All of them were silent in disbelief. "They would've never thought Aces would have burned to the ground. Giovanni and Cortez were way more strategic than he and Ricky, and that's what Grant hated. Grant wanted to be the kingpin and the man behind every executive decision, even the decisions he didn't have the range for which cost him. "What happened? Ricky asked.

"Fucking Angie called us at 1 am telling me that the club is on fire" Giovanni explained. Angie was their cousin that helps run the club. She literally lives behind the club. "FUCK FUCK FUCK" Giovanni yelled. "Pops you know we got this shit handled" Cortez ensured him. "I wanna know who the fuck is this bold" Ricky said as he walked in the dirt. He picked up what looked like a picture that wasn't too damaged. The rest of them followed looking around for anything of value. Ricky looked at an odd box on the ground with a flashing light. "IT'S A BOMB" Ricky yelled. All four of them quickly ran as fast as they could. Ricky used his post-football speed to use. The bomb ticked off the force of the explosion causing them to fall flat in the middle of the street.

Ricky coughed gasping for air. Cortez rolled over in pain his phone began ringing. He quickly answered it. "Hello"

"Wassup broski"

"Yo where the fuck you been at? Cortez asked him. He placed his phone on speaker. "I been calling you all day mothafucka" Cortez yelled

"Let's just say I'm on vacation," Ty said. Ricky and Dreux looked at each other already putting two and two together. "What you talking about? Cortez quickly got up. "Yeah, I think it's time for mine. I've been done being your sidekick for decades" he said. Cortez was dumbfounded for a minute. "Wait a minute.. come again? He asked. Cortez began coughing from the smoke trying to get himself together

"I said I'm done being your sidekick. I've been holding shit down for years and what credit do I get huh? Shit you put your own brother over me and he didn't have the heart to do half of the shit I did" he spat

"Nigga that's blood" Cortez corrected him

"...... I knew this bitch ass nigga had something up his sleeve," Ricky said loudly.

"Not too much pretty boy. You think you're untouchable huh... you just wait I got something for your high yellow ass and your el debarge looking brother. I always hated you but I let the disrespect slide. Just know you ain't even gonna see it coming" he said. Ricky laughed "Yet, you're far far away you know you would be on a shirt if you stepped foot in front of us" Ricky laughed

"Maybe you're right.. or maybe I'm just smarter than all of y'all... Back to you Cortez you won man. You have the money, and the operation and you took my dream girl away from me, you even hooked up with one of the girls that I wanted for the longest and had to eat it up....

"Nigga I didn't know a damn thing about your love interests fuck outta here," he said

Ty laughed .... "I did all the dirty work but when shit hit the fan almost 20 years later you offered me a position to watch a stoop. How disrespectful can you be... so I figure since I can't have the empire I take the money from all of my decades of dedication" he explained

Cortez laughed "Nigga ain't nobody tell you to be my sidekick for that long. You never had shit going for yourself.. and that's why I needed you-

"Uh uh don't get disrespectful see your life is in my hands now," he said