Chapter 2

Violet tried to wipe the blood out of her eyes as they approached Olaf's house. She could hear him muttering under his breath and she caught every few words like "murder" "little idiot" "I'll find them"

Violet knew that it was her responsibility to protect her siblings because she was the oldest Baudelaire, but she was second-guessing herself now. Olaf would only pay attention to her, allowing no chance for escape. She was trapped and she knew it.

They entered the house and Violet was led to a room in the basement, which was very small and contained nothing except a small bench bolted to the wall. She was locked inside. There was a small door and at the base was a chute to pass things to her and a small grate people could look in through. Olaf didn't want to risk losing her as she was the only Baudelaire left.

A few napkins were passed in through the chute and one of Olaf's henchmen muttered "Clean yourself up before dinner."

Violet did clean herself up, but she couldn't clean up the blood streaked over the front of her wedding gown. Olaf took one look through the grate, mumbled something to one of his associates, and a dress that looked as though it might fit her was passed through the chute.

Once she had changed Violet sat in the cell for what seemed like hours, although it was only about fifteen minutes. Then she heard a bolt moving and the door opened. The hook-handed man grabbed her and quickly pulled her up the stairs. She had to move as fast as she could or she would have fallen over, in which case the hook-handed man probably would have just dragged her.

She reached the dining room and saw Olaf and his theater troupe sitting at the table. "Go get dinner out of the oven" Olaf growled at her. "You won't want to keep my troupe waiting, or there will be consequences."

Without a word Violet grabbed the dinner and served them and did whatever they asked. Even though Olaf didn't have her siblings, Violet didn't know what they were doing and wanted to at least try to survive.

After a two hour celebratory dinner, Olaf and his drunken troupe (except the person who looked like neither a man or a woman) staggered out the door, but wouldn't tell Violet where they were going. Before leaving Olaf managed to say in a drunken slur to the person who looked like neither a man or a woman "Put her back in the cell after she cleans up."

Violet cleaned up after the troupe and, when she was back in her cell, was so tired that she couldn't even start to think about how to get away. She just curled up in a corner and slept, trying not to think about what her siblings were doing or where they were.