"What do you mean she's missing" asked Jacques. Jerome looked confused.

"As far as I know, there is only one meaning. But I shall explain myself anyhow. When I went downstairs, she wasn't making her morning coffee as usual. I looked all over the Penthouse, which took me over an hour. We just bought a knew one in the Fancy Housing District," Jerome explained. "So I went to the doorman, thank goodness elevators are in right now. He said she left at eleven o'clock last night."

Beatrice looked around. "Lemony is also missing. Do you think the disappearances could be connected?" Kit entered with the swimming coach right then. "I'm going to go ask Olaf if he knows anything."

"It's no good," Kit said sadly. "Olaf is missing too."

At the same time:

Lemony didn't like this ind of quiet, especially when it left time for Esme to stare at him. "So, you married Jerome?" the way she was looking at him, she almost seemed to be reading his mind. Esme nodded. "Good friend of mine. Olaf where in the name of VFD are we going? And couldn't it of waited until there was enough light to see?"

"This has waited long enough, Snicket." By knowing him for many years, Lemony had learned that nothing good ever came after Olaf called him "Snicket." The best thing that ever happened, was that Kit, Jacques and Lemony got confused about who he was talking to. Since Lemony was the only Snicket in the car, there could be no doubt.

"Look miss, I'm not trying to be rude, but do I have something on my face?" His nerves had snapped and Esme was making him very nervous.

She shook her head. "I'm just trying to find out why Olaf chose you of all members."

"I'll tell you later. In the meantime, will you two keep it down? I can't drive with all that noise." Once again, an eerie silence filled the car. At least she isn't trying to win a stare down with me. Olaf's promise of information seemed to have calmed her. It did nothing for Lemony however, except perhaps make him more nervous. He continued to look around, searchinfor authorities or someone who might recognize him. He didn't know why, but he was worried about being recognized with these two people. He began to drum his fingers on his knee as he often did when nervous. As soon as there was enough light to see by, he reached into his bag and pulled out his packet of evidence. There were several things he had not written down that he had meant to, and he should write down these suspicious actions of Olaf and the reapperance of Esme, who should not know anything about VFD, and yet did. Esme looked over at his work.

"What are you doing?" she asked. "Just some paperwork." He didn't think it wise to tell her anything more than that.

"What about?" she asked in a falsely sweet voice.

'That's my business," he replied through clentched teeth. She had already cracked several of his nerves, made frail by being awake this early. Just then, Olaf swerved off to the side, sending everyone forward. Lemony just managed to keep his papers from going everywhere, but he didn't manage to control his temper quite as well.

"Damn it Olaf, you want to kill everyone in this car?" Olaf spun around and snatched the fileand read the first paragraph quickly.

"You will find yourself killed if you keep up with this little bit of "paperwork" Snicket." Olaf then stuffed the papers into his briefcase and joined the morning traffic. Lemony could tell by the look on Olaf's face that he hadn't been kidding.

AN: thanks to all those reviews. Sorry i didnt update for a long time but i started several other stories.