-2 weeks later
Omniscient

"You goin' all out for this bitch and she ain't even let you fuck yet." Isaiah said to Tyler

Tyler was Isaiah's accountant and handled all his funds. Over time they became good friends so of course Tyler knew Isaiah was a drug dealer.
But he didn't know Isaiah was in competition with Dorian. Which could create a messy situation.

Tyler sucked his teeth "Watch your mouth. She ain't no bitch."

He raised his hands in defense "My bad, she still holdin' out on yo' ass though."

"It isn't always about sex." He continued setting up the living room for his date with Mariah

"That's what a nigga say when he ain't gettin' none. She must be some' special to have you waiting this long."

"She is, one day I just know she gone be my wife." He proudly smiled

"Yeah, yeah. How she look though?" Isaiah sipped his rum

"Words can't describe her." Tyler pulled up a picture of Mariah

"Oh wow..." Isiah looked at the picture, smirking "Small fuckin' world."

He'd seen Mariah with Dorian a few times at Smitty's house when Dorian first started dealing drugs, but he didn't know Tyler was talking about that same Mariah.
The fucking irony.

Tyler deeply sighed "Please don't tell me you fucked her before."

"Nah, nah." He sat his glass down "Remember I was telling you about the guy that's messing up my money? Stole my spot in line for my pop's empire?"

"Yeah. What's that gotta' do with her?" Tyler was dumbfounded

"That's his baby mama." He pointed to the picture

"But her baby dad doesn't sell drugs, he owns restaurants."

"How you think he paid for the restaurants?" he rhetorically asked "The nigga got a nightclub too."

Tyler still held a confused expression "So you're telling me Dorian's a drug dealer?"

"The biggest in multiple cities, damn near the state."

"What the fuck..."

"Yeah. You definitely not her type, she like hood niggas." He chuckled, picking his drink back up

Tyler fanned him off "No she doesn't."

"She liked him long enough to make a baby wit' him." Isaiah poured another glass of rum
"And I guarantee you he still smashing from time to time."

"No, she's not that type of girl." He shook his head

"Whateva'. Almost every baby daddy still smashing his baby mama on the low." He said before downing his drink

Just then Tyler's phone rang, Mariah's contact popped on the screen and he immediately answered.

"Hey baby, I'm gonna' be about 20 minutes late, I gotta drop Skylar off." She said

"Oh that's fine baby. I'll see you when you get here...I love you."

"Love you too." She said before hanging up

"She probably just got done fuckin' her baby dad." Isaiah shook his head in shame

"Man." Tyler sucked his teeth again "Get out"

"I'm just sayin'." He stood up and made his way to the front door "Fine as she is, she gettin' dick from somewhere."

"Bye bro."

After Isiah left, Tyler began wondering if what his friend said was true. Because it'd been almost 7 months since he'd been with Mariah and she wasn't showing any signs of giving it up any time soon. If she wasn't getting it from him, she had to be getting it from somewhere.

*

After dinner, Mariah and Tyler were practically dry humping on the floor. Tyler's hands began unbuttoning her shirt as they kissed. Then his lips traveled, leaving a trail of kisses from her neck to the top of her breast.

"Wait, wait." She said breathlessly "We can't do this-"

He sighed, moving his hands off her "Why do you do this? You get me ready, and just when we get close you stop me."

"I-"

"No." He gently pushed her off him "Are you still fucking Dorian?"

"H-huh?" Was all Mariah could say

"You won't let me get none, is it because you giving it to him?" He stared at her

Mariah contemplated on telling him the truth, but instead said "No baby."

Which was true, she hadn't fucked Dorian...recently.

"Then what's stopping you from opening up to me a little?"

"I was going to ask if you had a condom, but you caught an attitude out of nowhere." She began buttoning her shirt back up

"Aw baby I'm sorry." Tyler touched her arm "I'm just backed up." He lightly chuckled "It's hard to control myself around you." He leaned in and tried to kiss her

She stopped him "Yeah, well I think I should go." She got up from the floor

Tyler quickly got up too "Please don't. I apologize for being an ass."

"Apology accepted, but if you think me opening up to you just means us having sex, then I think we need some time apart."

"No, please I-"

Mariah was out the door before Tyler could say another word.
She was lowkey happy he ruined the moment because all he thinks about is sex anyway. That's not what defines a relationship.

-the next day. 5:16pm
Mariah

"She had a few Oreos after lunch so she probably don't sleep long." Dorian laid Sky on my bed

"You always giving her sweets." I whispered so I wouldn't wake her

"Cause you steady depriving her." He whispered back

I sucked my teeth and turned the baby monitor on.
He pecked Skylar's forehead and left out of the room.

"Where's her diaper bag." I followed him

"Oh shit. It's in my backseat." He lightly jogged down the stairs

He went to grab the diaper bag while I waited at the front door.

He handed me the bag "A'ight I'll be back to get her tomorrow afternoon."

"Ok, she'll be ready." I adjusted the bag on my shoulder "Be safe."

"Always. You too." He said while walking to his car

*

After Dorian left earlier, I began cleaning out Skylar's diaper bag while she slept, and you wouldn't believe what I found.
The shit had me so enraged that I decided to drop Skylar off at Joyce's for a second and pop up on Dorian.

"Dorian!" I stormed into his warehouse

Tim, who was sitting on the couch counting money, immediately rushed over to me.

"Yo Mariah what-"

"Where he at? Huh?" My chest heaved up and down

"In his office." He quickly answered, knowing not to piss me off even more when I'm upset

I marched in the direction of Dorian's office, pushing the door open so hard it hit the wall.

"What the fuck is wrong wit' you?!" I walked in, seeing Omari and him bag up the last of their product "Get out." I said to Omari

He looked at Dorian and barely waited for him to give a nod of approval before briefly walking out.

"What's wro-"

"This the typa' shit you do?!" I threw the capsule tube at him, making sure to hit him in the face

Inside the tube was crack. Crack that had no business being anywhere near my child.

"What you doing wit' this?" He glared at me

"Better yet, what da' FUCK IS IT DOING IN MY DAUGHTER'S DIAPER BAG?" I yelled. No I don't give a fuck who heard me

He squinted, shaking his head in disbelief "Man nah, I don't even bring 'dis shit home."

"Then how the fuck it get in there Dorian?! Huh?!" I got in his face

"You know I wouldn't do no shit-"

I wasn't trying to hear shit he had to say. "She could've found it and swallowed it. Are you really that dumb?!" I mushed his head

He sucked his teeth "I don't know how it could've gotten in there Ry I-"

"You know what?" I chuckled, trying to contain my anger "I'm done, don't come around my child again or I swea' I'll call the police on yo' triflin' ass." My eyes started tearing up, but only because I was so pissed off

I don't want to keep him away from his daughter, or for him to end up in jail, but something has got to give.

He scrunched his eyebrows "Man hell nah she my kid too Riah."

"Yeah, yo' kid who could be laying in a hospital bed right now or WORSE. All because of you!"

"You can't keep me from her." His jaw clenched

"Tuh. Watch me." And with that I stormed out of his office, leaving the door open

I felt so wrong for doing this, but it had to be done. Having Skylar anywhere near him and his lifestyle is clearly a huge risk I'm not willing to take.
I just can't believe he'd do something so stupid.

Both of Mariah's men just ain't acting right. Smh

-Carlisha ❤️