OPENING SCENE – THE WAREHOUSE, THE BRONX – NIGHT

Bass thumps. Neon strobes bounce off graffitied brick. It’s underground, exclusive, and crawling with rappers, models, and secret agendas. This is no regular club—this is The Warehouse, where power players hide truths behind tinted shades and cocktails.

CAMERA SWEEPS THROUGH the crowd—celebs grinding, deals whispering, hands exchanging keys and cash.

ANTOINETTE (V.O.):
“Some clubs are about music. Others? Secrets. And The Warehouse? That was where I learned my heart had receipts.”

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SCENE – VIP LOUNGE – NIGHT

Antoinette walks in with Lyrical Viper, arm in arm. The room pauses. The energy shifts. Even celebs hush. She’s glowing in a red latex jumpsuit and gold heels.

REMY (on earpiece):
“Target confirmed. He’s in the south booth. Looking real cozy with BX rapper Zay Flamez.”

Viper:
“Zay Flamez? The one who been ‘no comment’-ing for five years straight?”

ANTOINETTE (stone cold):
“Yup. And my old boo’s right beside him, sipping Casamigos like I ain’t help pay his lawyer bills.”

CAMERA PANS TO: DEVON – tall, ex-model, fine with a toxic streak. One of Antoinette’s exes, now seated next to Zay Flamez, whispering, laughing, too close.

Flashback hit — a moment of her catching Devon with texts from a “studio assistant” who sent mirror pics in heels. She left him the same night.

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SCENE – BACK IN THE CLUB

Antoinette approaches the table. All eyes on her.

DEVON (awkward laugh):
“Toni… wow. You look… rich.”

ZAY FLAMEZ (smirking):
“Well damn. The Queen herself walks in.”

ANTOINETTE:
“Don’t Queen me, Zay. Y’all really thought I wouldn’t find out? You brought him here, to my turf?”

DEVON:
“This ain’t like that—”

ANTOINETTE:
“Oh it’s exactly like that. The Warehouse? Where the secrets crawl up the walls? Come on, Dev. I taught you the streets and the spotlight. And now you letting him introduce you to his DL playground like I won’t expose both y’all?”

CROWD GASPS – whispers start.

ZAY (cocky):
“What you gonna do, Antoinette? Out him? You don’t wanna be that chick. It’s 2025.”

ANTOINETTE:
“Baby, I’m not outing nobody. I left him because he lied to me. His truth wasn’t the issue. His betrayal was.”

She walks up to Devon and places a velvet envelope on the table.

ANTOINETTE (cont’d):
“That’s the NDA he broke. Read the back page. Your little Netflix pilot with Zay? Canceled.”

ZAY FLAMEZ:
“You petty as hell.”

ANTOINETTE:
“No. I’m the producer.”

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SCENE – MEANWHILE: OUTSIDE IN A BLACK VAN

CODY & HUWART, now forced into partnership after Antoinette exposed them globally, are watching the club on a surveillance feed.

CODY:
“She’s here. Looking like danger in red.”

HUWART (gritting teeth):
“She stole our money, our pride… now she flexing in the BX. We need to end this.”

CODY (smirks):
“I got a plan. I hired someone… her past. A ghost with receipts. He’s waiting for her at her next move.”

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SCENE – BACK AT THE WAREHOUSE

As Antoinette walks out, victorious, into the cool Bronx night, Viper opens the car door for her.

LYRICAL VIPER:
“You good?”

ANTOINETTE:
“Baby, I just reminded them who the real producer is.”

Suddenly, a white Bentley rolls up. Window rolls down.

A MYSTERIOUS VOICE:
“Antoinette. We need to talk.”

She freezes. It’s a ghost from her past — someone she thought she buried. The screen doesn’t show his face. Just her expression—shook but ready.

ANTOINETTE (V.O.):
“They wanna play games? I own the arcade.”

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FADE OUT.

TO BE CONTINUED…