Chapter 22

Esme's P.O.V. :

A few hours later...

I was laying on the bed in my room at the hospital, looking out of the window when someone knocked on my door.

"Who is it?" I asked the person.

"It's Clara and Mark," Clara replied.

"Come in," I said, and then Clara opened the door and her and Mark walked into the room. Clara was holding a card in her hand.

"Are you okay Esme?" Clara asked me.

"Well, I am now," I replied.

"Mark and I made you a get well soon card," Clara said, handing me the card.

"Thank you," I said.

"Can I sign your bandages?" Mark asked me, pointing at the bandages on my head.

"No, not right now," I replied. "My head still hurts really bad."

"Oh," Mark said, just as someone else knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" i asked the person at the door.

"It's me, Olaf. Can I come in?" Olaf asked me.

"Sure," I replied.

Olaf opened the door and walked in. He was holding a bouquet of roses.

"Hello Esme, Mark, and Clara," Olaf greeted. "Esme, can we talk in private?"

"Um, okay," I said. "See you later Clara and Mark."

"Bye Esme," they both said, and then left the room.

"Are you okay Esme?" Olaf asked me.

"Well, I am now," I replied.

"I'm so glad that you're still alive," Olaf said. "I actually started crying when you weren't breathing."

"Olaf, I want to thank you for saving my life," I said, and then kissed him for the first time in a month. It felt so wonderful to have his lips on my lips again.

"I miss you so much," I said after I kissed him.

"I miss you too sweetheart," he said.

"I'm so tired of all of this drama," I said. "First, Mr.D makes us break up, and today I almost died."

"This is all V.F.D.'s fault," Olaf said. "Because of their stupid rules, we cannot be together and because of their stupid missions, you almost died.

"That's true," I replied.

"One day, I'm going to get revenge on V.F.D for what they are doing to us," Olaf said.

"And how are you going to get revenge?" I asked him.

"I don't know, but I'll find a way. Well, I got to go. Bye Esme," Olaf said, and then he hugged me. "Hope you get well soon.

"Bye darling," I said to him. "Thank you for coming to see me.

Olaf's P.O.V. :

Later on that night...

I decided to go to the bar to get me a few drinks and try to take my mind off of all of the drama that was going on. As I was ordering a glass of wine, a woman with long brown hair and a bald man that had a beard walked up to me.

"Aren't you Count Olaf?" the woman asked me.

"Yes. And who are you?" I asked the two people.

"We're enemies of V.F.D., "the man replied. "The members of V.F.D. fear us so much that they usually refer to us as the man with a beard, but no hair and the woman with hair, but no beard."

"If you two are enemies of V.F.D., then why do you want to talk to me?" I asked them.

"Because we have heard about what happened to you and Esme, and we also heard about Esme almost dying," the woman with hair, but no beard replied. "We were wondering if you wanted to get revenge on V.F.D. for what they have done to you and Esme?"

"Yes," I replied. "But how did you know about what happened to us?"

"We have spies who have been spying on V.F.D.," said the man with a beard, but no hair. "We could help you get revenge on V.F.D."

"And how are we going to do that?" I asked.

"We're going to help you burn down Mr.D's house, but after we burn down his house you could never go back to V.F.D. again," the woman with hair, but no beard said. "So, do you want to burn down his house?"

"I don't know," I said. "If I leave V.F.D., then I would never be able to see Esme again."

"Well, you could bring Esme with you. If you two leave the organization, then you two could be a couple again," the man said.

"I guess I'll burn down his house, but I have to ask Esme about this first," I replied.

"Okay," the woman replied. "We have to go. I want you and Esme to meet us at this bar on Friday."

"Okay," I replied, and then the man with a beard, but no hair and the woman with hair, but no beard got up and left the bar.