CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Tom kept going to visit Mary at the hospital, but she never wanted to see him. After a week, She dicides to give him a last chance of seeing her. When Tom comes to the hospital, a nurse tells him that Mary wants to see him. He gets thrilled. He quickly goes to her room.
"Mary?"
"I'm here. I can't go anywhere with these legs."
Tom comes closer to her to give her a kiss, but she turns her face.
"Why?" he asks. "Have you changed your mind? You don't love me anymore?"
Mary doesn't answer that question. Instead, she asks her own question.
"Why are you here?"
"What do you mean with that? Mary, I love you. I care for you. That's why I'm here everyday."
"It's better for you to find someone else."
"Is it because your face?" Mary was amazed by the streight question.
"Yes. And not only. I'm not the same. I won't be able to sing anymore. I won't be able to work anymore. Tom, can't you see? I'm useless!"
"But I love you. Isn't that enough? I love you the way you are. And you know that I can change you. You know that."
"I don't care. my carrer is lost. I have no life. Please forget about me, and go on with your own life."
"Mary..."
"Leave me now please, and forget about me."
"No!"
"I hate you! Now leave me alone!"
Tom knew that she wasn't being herself. He went to Dr. Simons's office. The doctor wasn't there, so he sat there and waited for him to come. After 15 minutes of waitng, he finally came.
"Tom, what a surprise. Why didn't you tell the nurse to call me?"
"I didn't want to disturb doc."
"You never disturb me son. So, how are you doing?"
"Pretty bad."
"Why? Is it Mary again?"
"Who else? Doc, can't we do the surgery sooner? I think I'm losing her."
"She still needs a week you know."
"Can you at least talk to her about it?"
"I have been talking to her all week. She needs someone else to talk to. A woman. That she would trus."
"Virginia."
"Exactly."
"I'll try to get in contact with her. Maybe she would agree to come."
"Alright son. See you."
"Bye." Tom left the office and went home. He entered his room, took out the mirror and called for Virginia.
"Mirror, show me Virginia." the mirror cracked, and Virginia appeared in a room with Wolf.
"Virginia! Can you hear me?"
"Tom? Oh, Hi!" she said seeing him on a mirror.
"Hi Virginia, hi Wolf."
"Hi Tom! How are you?" Wolf asked.
"Oh, as bad as ever."
"She still doesn't want to talk to you?"
"Not only that Wolf. She told me to foget about her. I've been going there for a week, but she never let me in the room. But today she agreed to see me. I went inside, and she started talking about forgetting her, and that she's useless."
"That's awful." Virginia said.
"Yeah, But Dr. Simons suggested that you talk to her Virginia."
"me? Why? What can I do?"
"Help me. Talk to her, see what'sbothering her. She knows that I am going to do the surgery for her, but she doesn't want to. Can you come back, please?"
Virginia looked at Wolf, to see what is his opinion about it.
"I think we should help." he said. "We still have time for everything else."
Virginia looked back at Tom. "OK, we're comming. Be at the Central Park after one hour. We'll be there."
"Oh thank you so much! You're the best! See you in one hour."
"Bye." Wolf and Virginia said.
Tom sighed in relief. Now he couldn't wait for that hour to pass.
Virginia went to her room to pack. Wolf went to his.
"Why did Tony make this so hard for us? Now we will have to waist time on meeting eachother to leave. Cripes! If you he wasn't her father..."
"What would've you done?" Tony asked from behind.
Wolf was surprised. he didn't smell him, as he was lost in thoughts. "I would've... I don't know Tone. I haven't thought about that yet." Wolf continued walking to his room.
"Why are you on a hurry Wolf? Going somewhere?"
"As a matter of fact. Yes. And not only me. Virginia is comming with me."
"What? You just came here?"
Wolf got an idea on how to make Tony change his mind about the rooms.
"Look Tony. If it wasn't your stuid idea about seperate rooms, we would've stayed. But, we will go back to New York in a few moments."
"You can't do that! You have a wedding to arrange."
"We can do that over there too. It's not a big deal."
"I'll talk to Vrginia about this." Tony left and went to Virginia's room.
"I just hope that Virginia understands the game." Wolf said to himself.
"Virginia, please stay. Don't go." Tony said as he entered her room.
"Dad what's wrong with you?"
"Wolf just told me that you're leaving because of the room thing."
Virginia knew why did Wolf say that, and this was her only chance to convince her father to change his mind.
"Yes dad. We're tired of playing hide & seek. We feel like prisoners who sneak out to meet eachother. We will go to New York."
"You can stay in one room. I won't mind at all. Just stay please."
"I can't. Wolf is so angry about this. And you don't want your grandchild to be born without a father. Don't you? We need to go back, just to relax a little bit. We will return in a few days. But only if we have one room."
"I promise you that one."
"Good."
"Virginia, are you ready?" Wolf's voice came from outside.
Virginia took her bag and got out. "I'm comming." then she turned to her father. "Dad, if we decide to come back, I'll let you know by the mirror."
"OK. I'll be waiting."
"Just prepare us a room." She went to the room, where they kept the travelling mirror. Wendell was there with Wolf, waiting for Virginia.
"Are you ready?" Wolf asked her.
"Yeah. Oh, good idea about the rooms."
"Thanks. I hoped that you would understand the game."
"Yeah, well, make an angry face, he's comming. You're angry about the seperate rooms and want to go back to New York because of that."
"Cripes. Ok." Wolf made an angry face, and Tony came in.
"OK, we're leaving now. And we're not sure if we'll be back. And dad, you know why." Virginia said.
"I promise that everything will be as you like."
"OK, see you soon." Virginia replied and followed Wolf through the mirror.
When they were at the other side, they saw that Tom was already waiting for them.
"Tom!" Wolf called. And he and Virginia went toward Tom's car.
"Hi, I thought that you wouldn't come."
"Hey, we promised." Wolf said.
"Yeah. Ok, let's go. Want to go home before hospital?"
"Yes please. I want to put these bags there. It won't take long." Virginia said.
Tom took them to their apartment. Wolf took the bags, while Virginia waited in the car with Tom.
"So, Tom, how is she doing now?"
"She's fine physically. But she's nervous all the time. Ever since she saw her face in the mirror, she has changed."
"You mean she's acting like a wolf?"
"Oh my God. I've never thought about that before. I forgot all about it. So here's the problem. She saw her damaged face, and saw her wolf side in it. That means..."
"Only a wolf can bring her back." Virginia said.
"Wolf!"
"Someone called?" Wolf said as he sat back in the car.
"Wolf, you're the one who's going to help us, and Mary." Tom said.
"How on the fairies am I going to do that?"
"Wolf, me and Tom think that when Mary saw her face in the mirror, she saw her wolf side in it. So, we thought that only a wolf would be able to help And in this case, you're the only one."
Tom kept going to visit Mary at the hospital, but she never wanted to see him. After a week, She dicides to give him a last chance of seeing her. When Tom comes to the hospital, a nurse tells him that Mary wants to see him. He gets thrilled. He quickly goes to her room.
"Mary?"
"I'm here. I can't go anywhere with these legs."
Tom comes closer to her to give her a kiss, but she turns her face.
"Why?" he asks. "Have you changed your mind? You don't love me anymore?"
Mary doesn't answer that question. Instead, she asks her own question.
"Why are you here?"
"What do you mean with that? Mary, I love you. I care for you. That's why I'm here everyday."
"It's better for you to find someone else."
"Is it because your face?" Mary was amazed by the streight question.
"Yes. And not only. I'm not the same. I won't be able to sing anymore. I won't be able to work anymore. Tom, can't you see? I'm useless!"
"But I love you. Isn't that enough? I love you the way you are. And you know that I can change you. You know that."
"I don't care. my carrer is lost. I have no life. Please forget about me, and go on with your own life."
"Mary..."
"Leave me now please, and forget about me."
"No!"
"I hate you! Now leave me alone!"
Tom knew that she wasn't being herself. He went to Dr. Simons's office. The doctor wasn't there, so he sat there and waited for him to come. After 15 minutes of waitng, he finally came.
"Tom, what a surprise. Why didn't you tell the nurse to call me?"
"I didn't want to disturb doc."
"You never disturb me son. So, how are you doing?"
"Pretty bad."
"Why? Is it Mary again?"
"Who else? Doc, can't we do the surgery sooner? I think I'm losing her."
"She still needs a week you know."
"Can you at least talk to her about it?"
"I have been talking to her all week. She needs someone else to talk to. A woman. That she would trus."
"Virginia."
"Exactly."
"I'll try to get in contact with her. Maybe she would agree to come."
"Alright son. See you."
"Bye." Tom left the office and went home. He entered his room, took out the mirror and called for Virginia.
"Mirror, show me Virginia." the mirror cracked, and Virginia appeared in a room with Wolf.
"Virginia! Can you hear me?"
"Tom? Oh, Hi!" she said seeing him on a mirror.
"Hi Virginia, hi Wolf."
"Hi Tom! How are you?" Wolf asked.
"Oh, as bad as ever."
"She still doesn't want to talk to you?"
"Not only that Wolf. She told me to foget about her. I've been going there for a week, but she never let me in the room. But today she agreed to see me. I went inside, and she started talking about forgetting her, and that she's useless."
"That's awful." Virginia said.
"Yeah, But Dr. Simons suggested that you talk to her Virginia."
"me? Why? What can I do?"
"Help me. Talk to her, see what'sbothering her. She knows that I am going to do the surgery for her, but she doesn't want to. Can you come back, please?"
Virginia looked at Wolf, to see what is his opinion about it.
"I think we should help." he said. "We still have time for everything else."
Virginia looked back at Tom. "OK, we're comming. Be at the Central Park after one hour. We'll be there."
"Oh thank you so much! You're the best! See you in one hour."
"Bye." Wolf and Virginia said.
Tom sighed in relief. Now he couldn't wait for that hour to pass.
Virginia went to her room to pack. Wolf went to his.
"Why did Tony make this so hard for us? Now we will have to waist time on meeting eachother to leave. Cripes! If you he wasn't her father..."
"What would've you done?" Tony asked from behind.
Wolf was surprised. he didn't smell him, as he was lost in thoughts. "I would've... I don't know Tone. I haven't thought about that yet." Wolf continued walking to his room.
"Why are you on a hurry Wolf? Going somewhere?"
"As a matter of fact. Yes. And not only me. Virginia is comming with me."
"What? You just came here?"
Wolf got an idea on how to make Tony change his mind about the rooms.
"Look Tony. If it wasn't your stuid idea about seperate rooms, we would've stayed. But, we will go back to New York in a few moments."
"You can't do that! You have a wedding to arrange."
"We can do that over there too. It's not a big deal."
"I'll talk to Vrginia about this." Tony left and went to Virginia's room.
"I just hope that Virginia understands the game." Wolf said to himself.
"Virginia, please stay. Don't go." Tony said as he entered her room.
"Dad what's wrong with you?"
"Wolf just told me that you're leaving because of the room thing."
Virginia knew why did Wolf say that, and this was her only chance to convince her father to change his mind.
"Yes dad. We're tired of playing hide & seek. We feel like prisoners who sneak out to meet eachother. We will go to New York."
"You can stay in one room. I won't mind at all. Just stay please."
"I can't. Wolf is so angry about this. And you don't want your grandchild to be born without a father. Don't you? We need to go back, just to relax a little bit. We will return in a few days. But only if we have one room."
"I promise you that one."
"Good."
"Virginia, are you ready?" Wolf's voice came from outside.
Virginia took her bag and got out. "I'm comming." then she turned to her father. "Dad, if we decide to come back, I'll let you know by the mirror."
"OK. I'll be waiting."
"Just prepare us a room." She went to the room, where they kept the travelling mirror. Wendell was there with Wolf, waiting for Virginia.
"Are you ready?" Wolf asked her.
"Yeah. Oh, good idea about the rooms."
"Thanks. I hoped that you would understand the game."
"Yeah, well, make an angry face, he's comming. You're angry about the seperate rooms and want to go back to New York because of that."
"Cripes. Ok." Wolf made an angry face, and Tony came in.
"OK, we're leaving now. And we're not sure if we'll be back. And dad, you know why." Virginia said.
"I promise that everything will be as you like."
"OK, see you soon." Virginia replied and followed Wolf through the mirror.
When they were at the other side, they saw that Tom was already waiting for them.
"Tom!" Wolf called. And he and Virginia went toward Tom's car.
"Hi, I thought that you wouldn't come."
"Hey, we promised." Wolf said.
"Yeah. Ok, let's go. Want to go home before hospital?"
"Yes please. I want to put these bags there. It won't take long." Virginia said.
Tom took them to their apartment. Wolf took the bags, while Virginia waited in the car with Tom.
"So, Tom, how is she doing now?"
"She's fine physically. But she's nervous all the time. Ever since she saw her face in the mirror, she has changed."
"You mean she's acting like a wolf?"
"Oh my God. I've never thought about that before. I forgot all about it. So here's the problem. She saw her damaged face, and saw her wolf side in it. That means..."
"Only a wolf can bring her back." Virginia said.
"Wolf!"
"Someone called?" Wolf said as he sat back in the car.
"Wolf, you're the one who's going to help us, and Mary." Tom said.
"How on the fairies am I going to do that?"
"Wolf, me and Tom think that when Mary saw her face in the mirror, she saw her wolf side in it. So, we thought that only a wolf would be able to help And in this case, you're the only one."
