DÈJÁ VÛ -Norminah-

24

Dinah's POV

I have a meeting with my agent and manger in about 20 minutes to discuss the scandalous picture floating around on parts of the internet. I just hope we get it taken care of before it goes completely viral and Normani or her friends see it.

Just to make things clear, I never slept with that girl, or any groupie for that matter. I love Normani and Daniel with all of my heart and I never wanna see them hurt. Especially not by this.

That's why she has to know the truth from me before it gets to her from anyone else.

I called her about five to ten minutes ago from my car. I was gonna tell her, but then Daniel answered and he made my heart melt with his soft voice bragging about the new trucks he wanted for Christmas. The holiday is about 2 weeks away and I'm sure I can get Daniel everything he wants when the time comes. Mani...not so much the same feeling.

I lied and told her that I got a tattoo. I can tell she didn't really care for it. I sensed her energy and I'm sure she sensed mine. She knows somethings not right and I don't know how I'm gonna tell her.

I don't feel comfortable with keeping things from Normani, but I'd rather hurt myself by keeping it bottled in instead of hurting her by telling her the full truth.

Sure, I didn't sleep with anyone other than her since we've been together, but I still kissed someone else and made them feel like I enjoyed it. I was drunk and I made some mistakes. I regret all of it.

But there's not much I can do now except make sure that picture or video doesn't spread anymore and make sure that it's traces are completely wiped from every social media site and every photo gallery.

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I take a seat across from Kehlani and Alex-who are sitting next to their managers- and also the girl from the pool with her lawyer. I personally didn't want any lawyers involved because I didn't want things to get that serious, but whatever. My team is sitting beside me, and we're ready to fight anything that I don't agree with.

"Now that we're all here, let's start with how you all know this woman." My manager spoke up as he stood behind me now. "I've heard two different stories, so let's hear yours first ma'am."

"First things first, my client's name is Porsha Barnes and she would like to leave her drug use out of this. Just to warn you before things start to escalate." The woman's lawyer said.

"Who the fuck cares? We all smoke!" Kehlani spoke up and her manager shushed her.

I shook my head at her outburst and looked back over to 'Porsha' whose eyes were already on me.

"I just wanted to say that I never agreed to go back to the hotel with y'all. I didn't even know who y'all were. Why would I go back to a hotel with some drunk gay girls when I'm straight?"

"Exactly, it doesn't make any sense does it?" I asked angrily. "So why the hell were you there?" I could feel my blood boil in my veins. I'm so pissed off at this stranger who could possibly ruin my life. She had no business being in that pool with us if she didn't wanna be there.

"Hush, DJ. I got this." My manager whispered in my ear, and I couldn't do anything else but grit my teeth to keep my mouth shut.

"So Ms. Barnes, you claim that you never agreed to be there, but why were you? I have already heard their sides of the story, but what about yours?"