Hi guys,
Here's chapter 21 from the wrong choice.

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Caroline and I walk into the rest house, towards the lady who's sitting behind the helpdesk.

Bonnie did go home, she wanted to sleep some more in case that we need her again.

' Can I help you?' The woman behind the helpdesk asks.

' We are looking for mister Adams.' Caroline says, while I scan the woman with my eyes, looking for something that could hold vervain.

' Are you family of him?' The woman asks, looking at me and Caroline.

' No, he's a friend from my grandmother.' Caroline answers, while taking something out of her purse. ' She asked me to come over here to show him this pictures.'

Caroline takes a few pictures out of her purse and shows them to the lady.

' It's nice of you guys to do that for your grandmother.' The woman says. ' But mister Adams has dementia and doesn't remember much, does your grandmother know that?'

' Yes, she knows.' Caroline says. ' But she is denying it, so it would be nice if I could tell her that mister Adams has seen the pictures.'

' Sure dear.' The woman says smiling. ' He's in room 312, take the stairs to the 3th floor and then go left.'

' Thank you.' Caroline says before she turns around.

We walk towards the stairs and get up to the 3th floor.

' We had luck that she told us in what room he was.' I say. ' She was wearing vervain, she had a bracelet around her wrist.'

' I noticed.' Caroline says, while we turn left on the 3th floor. ' Let's hope we aren't out of luck.'

' Are you ready?' She asks when we arrive at room 312.

' Sure, let's see if we get something out of mister Adams.' I reply.

Caroline opens the door and we walk into the room.

The first thing I notice is the penetrating smell of urine in the room, whoever this man is, he's not in a good condition anymore.

We walk further into the room and find mister Adams lying on his bed, he's sleeping so peacefully that it's almost a shame to wake him.

' Mister Adams.' Caroline says softly.

When we don't get any reaction of the man she softly rubs his shoulder.

' Mister Adams.' She tries again.

Now the man opens his eyes, he's drowsy and doesn't seem to know where he is.

' Ave?' He asks, looking at Caroline. ' Is that you?'

' No mister Adams, I'm Caroline.' Caroline answers softly, while giving me an asking look.

I shake my head and shrug.

' Caroline?' The old man asks. ' Would you mind to help me a hand, I'm a little stiff you see, I can't get up myself anymore.'

Caroline and I each take the man by an arm and help him to sit up straight.

' Thank you girls.' Mister Adams says. ' So your name is Caroline and who where you again?'

' I'm Elena.' I answer.

' Do I know you?' Mister Adams asks.

' No, you don't know us sir.' Caroline answers. ' But we have a favor to ask you.'

' What do you want to ask me sweetheart?' He asks. ' And please, just call me Jack.'

' Well, Jack, a few people have kidnapped a friend of ours and they locked him up on your property.' Caroline says.

' Let me guess, your friend is a vampire?' The old man asks. ' And the two of you are vampires too and now you want me to come with you and invite you in.'

Caroline and I look at each other, stunned about what just came out of the mouth from Jack.

' You girls don't have to think that I'm stupid.' Jack says. ' Just because I'm suffering from dementia doesn't mean that I don't have clear moments anymore and when I'm having those clear moments, I'm an alert man.'

' I guess that means that you don't want to come with us.' I say while I already get myself ready to run.

' I didn't say that, Elena.' Jack replies. ' So don't just run of, first listen to what I have to say.'

Caroline and I keep standing there, in front of Jack's bed, while he is looking at the both of us.

' You know, I've been around for a while now.' Jack starts. ' And in all those years I've seen a lot of things, including vampires.'

' But I also have seem them coming and leaving and I have to admit, they aren't all monsters.' Jack says. ' Just like you girls aren't monster, you are just two girls trying to make the best out of something you never wanted.'

Caroline and I are both stunned by what the old man is telling us.

' So, then why did you build the torturing room inside the house?'I ask. ' I mean, if you know that not all vampires are monster, where did you need it for?'

' It's an old house, Elena.' Jack answers. ' I've build it 50 years ago and in that time there were a lot of murders in and around Mystic Falls. The police covered it up as animal attacks, but the people knew better, they knew it where vampires and they were scared.'

When we don't say a word, he moves on.

' You should have seen the bodies, drained off blood and ripped apart. That's when I decided to build a special torturing room inside my house.' Jack says. ' But we never got the vampire who made that mess and the murders stopped as quick that they started.'

' Sounds like Stefan.' Caroline says.

' Like who?' Jack asks.

' Nobody.' I say quickly.

' Are you talking about Stefan Salvatore?' Jack asks.

I nod. ' Yes.'

' Don't tell me that's the friend you want to save.' He says. ' Because if it is, I'm not going to help you.'

' It isn't Stefan, he isn't in town anymore.' I reply. ' It's his brother, Damon Salvatore, my boyfriend.'

' So love is involved, I see.' Jack says. ' Fine, I'll help you , on one condition.'

' What is this condition exactly?' I ask.

' That you girls find a way to get me out of here.' Jack answers. ' You have to get me outside without anyone seeing it.'

' Deal.' I say. ' We are vampires, it's not a problem to get you out of here.'

' Do you have a wheelchair in here?' Caroline asks, while looking around the room.

' It's in the bathroom.' Jack says. ' If you want to get it for me.'

Caroline walks into the bathroom to take Jack's wheelchair, in the meanwhile I take his shoes and help him to get them on.

' If you don't mind sweetheart, do you want to take my jacket for me.' Jack says. ' It's in the closet.'

I take his jacket out of the closet and help him to get it on, Caroline has found the wheelchair, which is now standing in front of the bed.

We each take one arm of Jack and help him to get into the wheelchair.

' I'm going to open up the elevator.' Caroline says. ' The two of you get ready, I'll cough when the elevator door is opened, then you run into it.'

I nod. ' Ok.'

Caroline leaves the room, I take the wheelchair and push it towards the door, ready to start running when Caroline gives us the sign.

It doesn't take long before I hear a silent cough, I push open the door and run with Jack towards the elevator.

Once I hear the elevator door close, I get aware that I managed to get us into the elevator without anyone seeing us.

We are going down to the entrance hall, now the only thing we still have to do is get Jack past the woman that's sitting at the helpdesk.

' Are you ready?' Caroline asks. ' Just run outside once the doors open.'

I nod. ' As ready as I will ever be.'

As soon that the doors from the elevator open, I start running again, pushing Jack's wheelchair and with Caroline besides me.

We keep running until we are of the domain of the rest house, just to be sure.

' That was the biggest fun that I had in a while.' Jack says, once we are walking on regular speed. ' I wish I could run that fast.'

' The speed is an advantage.' Caroline says. ' But trust me, being a vampire isn't all benefits.'

Jack smiles and takes a deep breath, enjoying the air from outside.

' So Jack, where are we going?' I ask, still pushing his wheelchair.

' To my house, I thought you wanted me to invite you in.' He says.

' And do you want to go there on regular speed or on vampire speed?' I ask laughing.

' Regular speed please, I don't think that my wheelchair is made for vampire speed.' Jack laughs.

We walk through town, on our way to the border of Mystic Falls.

It takes us a half hour to get there and once we are on the road where the house is, we see miss Forbes her car.

' Let's ask my mom if there's still anyone in the house.' Caroline says, while she walks towards the police car.

' Caroline, Elena.' She says when she sees us. ' And Mister Adams.'

She clearly didn't expect the last one to be with us and Jack can clearly read it from her face.

There's something peculiar about his face too, I don't know what it is, it seems like they know each other.

' Can we go in?' Caroline asks. ' Is anyone there?'

' They left ten minutes ago.' Miss Forbes says. ' You can go in, but please be careful, I will whistle when they come back.'

I nod and start pushing Jack towards his house, once we are on the porch he opens the door.

' Now push me in, sweetheart.' Jack says, once the door is opened.

I push the wheelchair into the house, Jack turns the wheelchair himself so he can face me.

' I'm sorry sweetheart, but I need you to do one more thing for me before I let you in.' Jack says.

' And what would that be?' I ask, suddenly suspicious.

' I want you to bring me Stefan Salvatore.' Jack says. ' I want you to bring me the vampire that killed my wife 45 years ago.'

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