7. SCHEME

~ Violet ~ “Dylan, can I talk to you for a second?” Violet gave Adrian a polite smile before pulling Dylan to the side. She walked far enough to make sure Adrian couldn’t hear her before she said, “What the hell is going on here?” “I don’t know, Vi. The man just came out of nowhere,” Dylan shrugged. “Did you do something? Or say something?” she narrowed her eyes. “Of course, not,” he said. “If this was about last week’s thing, they wouldn’t wait a whole week before finding me,” “Then what’s this about?” she asked. “And you know I don’t like you hanging around these people,” “I don’t like it either, but these people pay us well,” Dylan clapped back. “And I don’t know if you know, but we really could use some extra cash right now,” Violet let out a sigh. That was a good point. “What are you planning to do?” she asked him. “I’ll go and meet him,” Dylan paused for a beat before adding, “And maybe I’ll ask to borrow some money,” “You can’t do that,” Violet shook her head violently. “You rem