Tidings of Joy by P. Creeden

Author:P. Creeden [Creeden, P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

It wasn't long before the officer, Tom, arrived and Joy explained the situation. Tom sent the other officer with the evidence to the coroner to see if the pipe could possibly be the murder weapon and if there were any finger prints or other info that might help with determining who the culprit was. As she and Mr. Jenkins led Officer Tom toward the conference room, she still carried the pizza box with her. All sense of hunger she’d had almost two hours ago was long gone, and the thought of eating the cold pizza made her a bit nauseous. As the three of them rounded the corner, they found Jeremy and Roger standing outside the conference room door.

Jeremy turned toward them. "I won't be needing you, after all, Tom. Sean just called me and the alibi checked out. For now, this witness if free to go. But Mr. Fromme, I'm going to have to ask that you don't leave Christmas Thyme for the next few days, so you're available for further questioning if necessary."

Roger smiled and nodded. "Not a problem." Then he offered Jeremy a hand to shake.

Jeremy eyed it for a minute and then accepted the man's hand a bit warily. Roger smiled wider and began heading toward the glass doors. Mr. Jenkins called out to him. "Hold on, Mr. Fromme! The press!"

But it seemed the comic strip artist didn't hear his warning, as Roger pushed open the glass doors and stepped out toward the waiting crowd. Cameras turned on him and microphones pushed toward his face as reporters pelted him with questions. "What happened, Mr. Fromme?" "Is it true that you confessed to the murder of the newspaper editor?" "Can you make a statement?"

Roger lifted his arms and gestured for the crowd to quiet down. Cameras flashed in his face, but the reporters stilled as the snow continued to lightly fall around them. "I'm not sure who informed you of all this, but it's true. Yes, I confessed to the murder of my beloved editor, Mr. Carter, this morning. However, I only did so because I was trying to save my employer's reputation. I knew that my employer, Mr. Carter, had used his position as a means to extort money from people in bad situations, and it's likely that one of those people took Mr. Carter's life this morning. I only wanted to do what was best for both this newspaper and my long-time editor." He hung his head. "I apologize to both the police and the public for my actions. I should never have lied or acted as a false witness."

A roar went up from the reporters as he was pelted with more questions which he answered readily.

Mr. Jenkins whistled low between his teeth. "Looks like Mr. Fromme is going to be on national news for this. Maybe his comics will even get syndicated."

Officer Tom nodded. "Sure was lucky for him that someone told all those TV reporters that he'd turned himself in."

"Lucky," Jeremy said with a frown.

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