Clifford calls Autumn. “We need to talk. Now.”
Patrice: “Same demon, different dress.”
Murda: “Baby girl… that’s a different kinda pole dancin’.” Clifford finds a USB stick taped to the back door of The Pynk. No note. Inside: the Autumn/Montavius video, plus a second file — a partial recording of Woddy (the dead bouncer) talking about “the money behind the casino.” The video ends mid-sentence. Corruption artifacts flicker across the screen.
They shake on a trial run. Big Bone leaves. Clifford watches her go and mutters: “That girl a codec herself — always compressin’ her pain into profit.” Keyshawn is at a diner with her kids. Derrick shows up unannounced, overly charming. He wants her to come home. She says no. He leans in, whispers: “I know about the dancer from Baton Rouge you been textin’.”