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Chapter 24: Risk

"YOU KNOW THAT GUY?!" Rocco said.

"THAT'S CHUCK?" Violet questioned.

Damien just stood there staring at the screen and clenching fists.

"Yeah. I met him at the program at the college." I explained.

"So you're telling me you're going on a date with him? Tomorrow? A Black Wolves member?" Violet was in shock.

"Fuck." Damien mumbled.

Damien was pacing around and muttering under his breath.

"DAMMIT." He said louder.

"What?" Violet asked her brother.

"I've seen that guy before. Well... we met, actually." Damien answered.

"What? When?" Violet questioned.

"A few weeks ago. When we went to get the gun shipment, I ran into their gang. He was there." He came up to the desk and opened one of the drawers, pulling out something. "Chuck was one of the guys. And he dropped this."

"A keychain?" Rocco picked it up. "How stupid can you be to carry around something with your name while on a mission?

"Naya. Did he ever talk about their gang?" Violet asked me.

I shook my head. "No. He never brought it up."

"Are you sure?" Rocco asked.

"Yes. I'm sure."

"Wait." Violet looked at me. "Does he know you know us?"

I thought back to all my conversations with Chuck to see if I had brought up any of their names, but I never did. "No. I never talked about you guys." I answered.

No, wait. Hold on.

"What?" Violet asked.

I must have said that out loud. "One day I was wearing Damien's jacket." Damien's eyes were practically bulging out of his head. "He kept staring at the jacket, but I didn't think much of it. Now I realize he probably figured it out."

"Shit," Damien muttered.

"When was this?" Violet asked.

"Like last week," I answered. The day after Damien and I talked....

"So he's known about you for at least a week? I'm honestly surprised he hasn't done anything. I mean, not that I would want anything to happen to you. But..." Rocco trailed off.

"They're definitely planning something." Damien suddenly said.

"What do you mean?" Violet asked him.

"Think about it. He probably told them about you. They're probably planning on using you to get to us." He stared at me.

"But Chuck asked Naya out before she wore the jacket," Rocco added.

"So, he probably still likes her, but now that he's found this out, he could have changed his intentions," Violet responded, then turned to me. "I'm sorry, Naya."

"It's ok. I wasn't really planning on going out with him anymore." I mumbled the last part.

How did I not figure it out? I've been around this guy almost every day for like a month.

"You need to call off this date," Violet said.

"No! Wait. Don't!" Rocco said and all three of us looked at him.

Damn Rocco. I thought we were friends.

"ARE YOU INSANE? HE KNOWS SHE'S WITH US! WHO KNOWS WHAT HE'LL DO?" Violet yelled at him.