Chapter 1

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Carlotta
"Morning Boss Lady." Ms. Bruce walks into the office with coffee for her and basket of chocolate.
"Morning."
"Something's different bout you. You getting that botox?"
"I don't need that junk in my face. I'm doing this thing called self care."
"Well whatever you doing, it's looking good."
"Where'd you get the basket from?"
"Simone. Some independent labels sent some stuff for her over at the salon."
"These girls got three more months on their contracts and they already starting to pouch em from here."
"Well they gonna have to step up on the gifts. The food baskets ain't gonna cut it." She says as she hands her a chocolate bar.
"Thank you. I just gotta get them ready for this Dirty South Tour and can let the cards play themselves." She says as she took it. The phone rang and she picked it
Brown."
"I have a Luscious Lyon on the line for you."
"Put him through."
"What's that old dog calling for?"
"I don't know." She puts the phone down and puts it on speaker.
"Lotty Brown." He says jokingly.
"Lulu Lyon. I was starting to think you were dying again."
"Nah, they ain't got me yet. Listen, I calling to give you a heads up about your girls."
"What? You trying to sign them too?"
"Not me, Jeff Kingsley. He's taken over Empire and he's scheming to make a play on your girls. He'll do and use anything to get artists to sign, willingly or not."
"How about are we talking ?"
"If you have any skeletons in the closet, you better air them out quick before he takes everybody down. He's going to be dangling the toy to get each of your girls t
or apart."
"Luscious, what about Empire, that's your name?"
"He's erasing the Lyon name out of existence but we're fighting. Be careful Carlotta." He hangs up and Carlotta is left stunned.
"What you wanna do?"
"Looks like we might be going to war. I know Luscious Lyon and he wouldn't be warning us if this wasn't a real threat."
"You better let the girls know at the meeting today because this Kingsley fellow suppose to come in today at 3pm."
Star
Star came downstairs dressed in a new shirt after Davis spit up on her last one. Davis is in his high chair sipping on his second bottle while Cotton is putting away c
"He's already on his second bottle? Damn, this boy can eat."

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