Real Riders Never Die 3 by A'zayler

mother?”
    Now it was Demoto’s turn to smile. “Yeahhh, that’s my baby right there. We got married last month.”
    Paki covered his chest, playfully. “Married?” He covered his forehead with the phone. “You’re just a young man. Why you sign your life over already?”
    “Aye, Paki, when you find the right one you have to do what you gotta do.”
    “How do you know she’s the right one?” He looked over at Jacko. “He’s your friend, why did you let him do this?”
    “He can’t talk. That nigga got married before me. He’s half the reason I got there so fast. His wife is my wife’s best friend.”
    Jacko looked at Paki smiling. “I guess I have to take the blame for that. But trust me when I say, she’s the one. The way those two act about each other is ridiculous. They act so crazy and possessive with each other. It’s something I’ve never seen in my life.”
    Paki raised his eyebrows. “That bad?”
    “I don’t know how it is personally, but from what I’ve seen with her, it’s that bad.” Uzoma walked into the room, startling them all.
    All three of their heads turned and looked in his direction. Paki got up and embraced him as he’d done Demoto and Jacko when they’d first arrived.
    “What I tell you about leaving your door open?” Uzoma extended his hand to Demoto and Jacko as he spoke to Paki.
    “Like I’ve told you a million times, there’s nothing in this world that puts fear in my heart, except Allah.”
    Uzoma sat on the chair near where Paki was sitting and looked around the room at the three of them. “Their love, it’s something to hope for.”
    Demoto looked at Uzoma. “How can you tell?” Demoto didn’t mean to sound as possessive as he did, but it came out anyway.
    Uzoma held his hands up in mock surrender. “Calm down, killer.” All of them laughed except for Demoto. “I can just tell by the way she mopes around. She doesn’t talk to anyone, she stays in bed all day crying. When I told her I was coming here, she told me to tell you that she loves you, she trusts you, and she’s never running away no matter what.”
    Demoto’s head fell as he looked down at the floor. He was quiet for a while, just looking at the floor.
    “Oh, so this is serious?” Paki’s voice brought his head back up.
    “This is my life, Paki. That’s why I’m here. My mama brought her ass all the way to Georgia to kidnap my girl and my baby.” Demoto stopped talking and looked at Uzoma. “That reminds me, how has she been treating them?”
    “Very well. It’s actually shocking to me how nurturing she is with your wife and Ayo. She acts like Ayo is the best thing next to sliced bread. She eats him up.”
    Demoto sucked his teeth before looking back at Paki. “You see what I’m saying? She’s doing dumb shit. Like why take them from me, claim you hate me more than your next breath, but keep my family at your house like it's natural? She’s a fucking lunatic.”
    Paki pulled at the hair on his chin. “Yeah, Ornella is indeed a piece of work. That’s why I stay here and out of her way.”
    “Don’t take this the wrong way, Paki, because I know that you’re the truth, but I thought she killed you when she killed my dad.”
    Uzoma and Paki both looked at Demoto. “Hell no. I will gut Ornella like an ox and she knows it.” Paki scooted forward on his seat. “See, Ornella attacks when you least expect it. She tries to get as close as possible to you so that it’s easier. She’ll say whatever she has to in order to gain your trust, just before she slits your throat. Your papa and I both knew that and that’s why he watched her closely. The only reason she was able to kill your papa was because of that low down scoundrel, Cayman.” Paki grumbled his disgust.
    Demoto grabbed Paki’s hand. “I took care of that.”
    Paki’s eyes showed his surprise. “What? When? How? How’d you know?”
    “He’s powerful, but I’m smart.” Demoto tapped the side of his head. “I