Why had Jerome led Count Olaf, Esme' and the 2 unknown people to the Baudelaire's? He had never seemed like a bad person. Perhaps he had been forced. Violet saw Beatrice take a penknife out and cut the knot. Violet recognised the knot as "Tedium Revulsion" It was a simple and basic knot to tie, but it was difficult to escape without a knife or strong scissors. She thought Olaf must have trapped him. "Where is it?" Olaf asked again looking right at Lemony. Olaf was much older than Lemony, but they looked exactly the same. Lemony shook violently for a second and pointed to Beatrice "Beatrice has it" he told Olaf. Olaf turned to walk outside and retrieve it. "She won't give you it" Lemony pointed out. Olaf turned around and struck Lemony on the face, causing him to fall backwards. "Don't ever tell me what to do." Esme' laughed wickedly as her boyfriend walked outside to catch Beatrice freeing Jerome.
"Baudelaire Brats!" Esme' pointed at the 3 siblings "This is adult business, come with me, so you don't see the violence." Violet looked at Lemony desperately. He merely nodded. Violet carried Sunny to the door. "And you, bookworm!" Klaus put all the pads in his pocket and came to the door. Esme' gestured up the stairs, "Today!" she shouted and all 3 children, including Sunny ran upstairs. Esme' walked to a room with a balcony and saw Olaf just leaving the house. "Come here, children" She smiled sweetly like it was a joke. The 3 children obeyed but kept their distance because Esme' had once pushed them down an elevator shaft. She took a cell phone out of her pocket and dialled desperately. The children looked down expecting to see Count Olaf pick up his mobile phone. But the person who did pick up his phone was Jerome. "Esme?" he asked into the phone as he recognised the number. "Olaf is coming! Get yourself and Beatrice out of there." Esme' had tipped Jerome off then hung up.
"Why?" Violet asked "Why did you tip Jerome off?" Esme' smiled again showing very clean teeth and a tooth jewel on one of her front teeth. "Olaf can't hear me, and neither can them 2 crooks." Violet stared deep into Esme's eyes. "I thought you were on Olaf's side." Esme' like most of the evil people Violet knew smiled yet again. "I am an actress" and like most evil villains she paused "I am very skilled, In fact I am so good, I fooled Count Olaf. I gave Beatrice the sugar bowl when Olaf wasn't in my house to return to VFD. Then a few weeks after he returned asking where it was and I told him she had stole it, he would have killed me had he known, I only did this for VFD." She told the Baudelaire's. Violet believed it. "She's manipulating you!" Klaus shouted. "She is evil, how can you believe her. She was one of the people who had access." Violet suddenly remembered the burdensome day and turned to Esme' "Who killed my parents?" Violet asked Esme'. Esme' paused for a long time then put her hands on the table "Your father." She told Violet. Violet jumped in disbelief. "NO!" she screamed "He wouldn't." tears started pouring from her face. "Never!" she screamed again.
Esme' put her hands on Violets face. "He did it for you" she paused "He did it for all of you." Klaus stood up in tears "Why?" he cried even more "Why would he let us live with somebody as evil as Count Olaf?" Esme' paused and faltered "He was on the good VFD. He didn't want the bad VFD taking you." She told him. "Remember how he insisted you went to the beach." Violet suddenly remembered the day that they went to the beach. The day that seemed even more terrible now, she didn't want to believe this. "What about our mother?" Esme' stopped for a very long time. "Remember the passageway underneath Jerome's house." she rhetorically told the children. "Get on with it!" Klaus snapped. "I'm getting there Klaus" she smiled and then began crying herself. She pulled a VFD disguise kit out of her bag. She took off her feather hat and put it in her bag. She undid the Bun which her hair was currently in to reveal long wavy hair. She took off her stiletto shoes to reveal she didn't have a tattoo of an eye on her ankle. She took off her long fire patterned dress which she was still wearing to reveal a large white dress which she was wearing. Sunny recognised the long white dress which she had bought with Violet for a present. Violet recognised the deep blue eyes. Klaus recognised the long wavy black hair. All 3 siblings recognised her. She wasn't really Esme' Squalor, she was their mother!