Chapter 5
Couple of days had passed by while Oscar and her team were planning to catch the thieves; they had all planned it out: They would catch them in the action. That was the best way, but also the most dangerous one. It was very dangerous job, because the thieves were highly professional and they wouldn´t hesitate to use violence when caught red handed. But that also meant that Oscar and her men would have to patrol the Versailles every night hoping that the thieves would come.
At the same time Sean had sworn to stay by Oscar´s side and to protect her, but fate had a different plan... When one day, an unexpected visitor came to the police department…
Oscar was sitting beside her desk reading some papers, while her door slammed open. As she raised her gaze to the intruder, she was surprised. She hadn t expected that. And by her disappointment, it was Gerodere.
"Not now" she thought. She had enough problems already. She had to concentrate on her mission.
"Oscar! My Oscar François! I´ve missed you!" he walked towards her desk.
"What is it? Can´t you see I´m busy."
" Can´t you spare a moment to your fiancé? We haven´t met for a while."
"First of all, you are not my fiancé! And second of all, I am in a middle of an important job, so if you don´t mind, I would like to be alone." She was about to lose her nerves.
"But Oscar, my dear…" he didn't have a chance to continue, when he noticed a man standing at Oscar´s door.
It was Sean.
"Is he bothering you? Should I throw him out?" he asked.
Oscar looked at Gerodere…"Well?" she asked him.
"I see. So, you have your own bodyguard, now? Don´t you?"
She didn´t answer to that, but looked at him with her angry eyes.
He didn´t have any other choices, but to leave. On his way out, he looked at Sean with a suspicious look on his face. There was something about that man, that Gerodere didn´t like. His suspicious became real, when he heard men whispering in the corridor…
"Do you think that there´s something going on between the commander and Sean?" one man asked the other…
"I don´t know, but he did propose to her and he is in love with her…" the other man replied.
"And now he is her right hand…"
"Commander´s lover" they laughed.
That was it; Now Gerodere was angry. That man was wheedling with his fiancée. He had to do something to stop it. So, he left the department in a hurry…Only to make few phone calls. He thanked his luck, that his family had influence in France. It was easy for him to arrange some troubles to Sean…
Meanwhile Sean walked towards Oscar…
"Oscar, are you okay?" he was concerned.
"Thank you, Sean. I couldn´t have dealt with him right now…"
"Who is he?" He was curious.
"He is the man my father wants me to marry."
Sean looked sad and surprised"But you can´t marry him!" he said in a desperate voice.
"I´m not going to. I just have to figure the way out of it. That´s all."
"If there´s anything I can do, just tell me." he said. Was there another man after Oscar? But of course there was. Why wouldn´t there be? After all, she was amazing woman. And of course, this other man was probably rich and had a good family background. How could he ever compete with this guy? Sean felt like he was choking...
She just looked at him and thanked him. She knew exactly how painful it was for Sean, because she had felt that kind of feelings a long time ago, when she had witnessed Fersen with another girl.
"I need to continue my work" she told him. That was a cue for him to leave. And he did. As a gentleman. They both continued working as if nothing had happened.
And that evening passed as usual; there were no troubles to be found and Oscar was relieved…But unfortunately, the relieve was only temporary…
On the next morning Oscar went to her work as usual; she greeted her men and stepped into her own office. It was then, when she realized that Sean wasn´t there. She turned back and saw, that his desk was empty. Then she walked back into her room and looked at her own desk. It was empty; the breakfast he used to bring to Oscar, wasn´t there.
"Where is he?" she thought.
"Is there something wrong, commander?" Alain asked.
"Sean" she answered "Where is he?"
Oscar got worried and so did the rest of the team. Even though Sean hadn´t been there for a long time, somehow they all had gotten to like him. Even Alan thought it was odd for Sean just to leave without saying a word. It wasn´t like him.
…First they tried to find him inside the building, but he was nowhere to be found; he wasn´t at the office or anywhere nearby, nor did he answer his cell phone…
"Alright" she said "I´m going to go out to look for him" she said and left the building.
Oscar went to all those places where she knew Sean had been: his workplace, his former university, everywhere he had ever been, even in the supermarket where he used to visit often. But no one knew what had happened to him.
Oscar was sad, because she had accustomed to be with Sean every day… She hadn´t realised just how much she had relied on him…To talk to him, to have breakfast with him, to walk with him…even to argue with him. Somehow, Sean was the one she could really trust…
"Sean" she cried..."Sean!"
A few days passed, but there was still no sign of him. Then, on the evening before going to Versailles on their mission to catch the thieves…
Oscar was in her office. She was just sitting, and…worrying, when Rosalie stepped in. She had heard about Sean´s disappearance and was now eager to help. "Thank you, Rosalie" Oscar had said…"But there really isn´t anything…"
"But Lady Oscar, there has to be something!"
She sat down in front of Oscar and they thought together…
"What does his sister say? Does she have any idea of his whereabouts?!"
Oscar raised her head. Why she hasn´t thought about that before? Of course Sean had a sister and she should go to her…Oscar got up and rushed to the door. "Thank you, Rosalie. I am going to see his sister!"
Rosalie stood up from her chair:"Lady Oscar! I…" Oscar was now putting on her coat, when Rosalie said "I want to help you catch the thieves, so I am coming along to Versailles!"
Oscar looked at her surprised:"But Rosalie! That´s too dangerous!"
"I am going with you! That´s settled!" she argued.
Usually Oscar wouldn´t leave their discussion like this, but now she was in a hurry to see Sean´s sister. She rushed out of the door into the street.
She found the place right away: It was a small bakery café, with apartments above it. She rang the doorbell and heard someone rushing to the door.
A youngish woman opened the door…"Sean!" she yelled, but she was disappointed-at first. Then the woman looked at Oscar with surprised look on her face…
"Oh my God! You`re real!" She shouted and took Oscar into her embrace. She cried…"Oh mademoiselle Oscar! You are real! You are real after all!"