"Hello" My sisters. Beatrice smiled. Emma and Steph both hugged her. Violet and Klaus knew not to interrupt their reunion, but this was a question they had been dwelling on for almost a month. "Did you steal from Esme' Squalor?" He directed to Beatrice. Emma and Steph stepped back and let Klaus ask as many questions as he wanted. They had a few questions themselves. Beatrice smiled "No" then looked down "I took back what was rightfully mine." She told the children. She took out a small shiny object out of her large coat pocket, "The Sugar Bowl!" Klaus exclaimed. "Yes" Beatrice smiled a smile so true that it was a joke to Olaf's fake smile. "The bad VFD Are coming" Klaus told her. Beatrice nodded "So I heard."
Lemony turned to Beatrice. "Beatrice" He paused "Take the children and your siblings for some food, I have some calls to make" Beatrice smiled a very false smile to Mr. Snicket then led everyone to the dining hall. Klaus sat down with Sunny on his lap. There were no high chairs.
"Are you hungry?" Beatrice asked the children. "Yes, I haven't eaten in a while" Klaus told her remembering his last meal at the Caligari Carnival. Beatrice smiled and took out a pack of ready-made pancakes. Everyone got 6 each. After the meal Beatrice sat down with them and answered all of their questions. "Who will Lemony call?" Klaus asked her. "The rest of us" Beatrice smiled to Klaus. "Who is in the good VFD?" He asked her. Beatrice began to count off of her fingers. "Hector, Jerome Squalor, Esm..." She paused. "Hector" She began again "Jerome, Al..." she paused again as though she had made a big mistake. "Jerome and Hector" she paused "Are all you children need to know." Klaus looked at her in a very quizzical way "You were going to say Esme' weren't you." Beatrice looked at the floor "It is very easy for one to forget" Beatrice pointed out. Klaus didn't believe her for one second.
Lemony walked back into the room and sat down "They are on their way." He told Beatrice. Beatrice nodded and left the room. Violet looked into the distance and saw ma black automobile approaching. But Olaf's automobile was still in the hinterlands. And they had caught fire. It had to be Jerome or Hector. Or Both, There was a knock on the door and Lemony went to open it. "She acted strange" Emma told Steph who nodded. Klaus looked into the notepads in his pocket. Duncan and Isadora's broken ones and the one Quigley had given him. Klaus set all 3 on the table and began studying them. Emma saw and took a pad out of her pocket. It was yellow, she handed it to Klaus. Steph did the same. Klaus smiled at his new friends and leafed through all of them desperately. He looked to the door which had just opened and saw Lemony talking to a women they had forgotten in all of this. Justice Strauss!
"Baudelaires" she murmured quietly. Then a bit louder "Baudelaires" She was very happy to see them. "How are you?" Violet asked happily. "I am fine" Justice smiled "I have heard about your difficult times with Count Olaf following you everywhere. So shortly after you had left Olaf's care I joined VFD. In hopes of one day adopting you wonderful children" Violet smiled "That would be great. But Mr Poe wouldn't allow it." Justice looked rather depressed for a moment but then the next new arrival said "He has no choice in the matter." Violet turned to se Hector, Isadora and Duncan. She jumped up and ran to them followed by Klaus and Sunny. They told each other about everything that had happened and then Violet t6old the triplets about Quigley. Isadora and Quigley looked so happy "I knew he'd have made it!" she shouted in great happiness. Justice broke the next bit of silence by asking Hector a question "Mr. Poe is in charge of the Baudelaire's affairs, he wouldn't allow me to care for them, what do you mean by he has no choice?" Hector smiled "When the Baudelaire's were in the care of Josephine Anwhistle she had said that the children had to live with Capt. Sham, who we know was Count Olaf" he paused slightly at the name. "Mr. Poe couldn't change this." Justice looked at him. "What does that have to do with this?" She asked puzzled. "Unless I am mistaken, I was the Baudelaire's last legal guardian, which means I have the say of which they live with after this battle has been won."
Violet remembered what had happened when they were staying with Aunt Josephine and smiled. The smile soon faded as she looked to the door and saw Olaf, Esme' and the 2 people they didn't know standing there listening to the conversation. Olaf and Esme' walked in, followed by the 2 people who the Baudelaires didn't know and Olaf shouted "Let the fun begin!" Violet would have normally been very casual if Olaf was going to try and kill her and there were many adults she knew who cared for her in the room. But as she looked to the window were Jerome's automobile had been driving towards the hotel she saw it was parked and he was tied up in the front. He had led the evil people to the Sugar Bowl, whatever it was. And obviously he had been tricked. But she had hoped again. Beatrice was untying him.