Chapter Four: Finding Clues
The next day, Jessica and Roger met Eddie at the studio. "Okay Rog, where is your dressing room at?" Eddie asked.
"This way follow me," Roger said hopping along. Jessica kept a watchful eye on the rabbit. She still didn't tell anyone about the phone call she received from the stalker.
"Hey Jess, you okay?" Eddie asked quietly. He may have just met Jessica and Roger not long ago, but he was starting to see when she was upset.
"Oh I am just fine, a hussy I don't know wants to steal my Roger from me, yeah Valiant, I am just peachy," Jessica said coldly.
"Easy Jess, I will find out who is after Roger, nothing bad will happen," Eddie said trying to soothe the red head.
"I'm, I'm sorry; I know you won't let anyone harm Roger. I am just scared," Jessica said frowning.
"That isn't all is it?" Eddie asked.
"No, I received a call from the admirer last night," Jessica said.
"What when?" asked Eddie yanking out a pad of paper and pencil.
"About the time Roger got home. He told me about his um admirer. Once he did I was a bit upset," Jessica said.
"Okay," Eddie said knowing that was putting it mild.
"Anyways, after Roger told me, he wanted to take me out so we could just have some alone time. He went to go get ready and the phone rang. I picked it up and it was the admirer. Pretty much she said I should appreciate the time I have with Roger, for soon he will be hers," Jessica said flatly. Her gloved hands slowly began to form fists, as she remembered that night. Yet, she tried to remain calm, for causing a scene would not help find the admirer, or in Jessica's opinion, a stalker.
"Did you recognize the voice?" Eddie asked.
"No, but it was a female voice," Jessica said.
"Hey guys come on," Roger said calling to them. They followed him to his dressing room, where Baby Herman stood guard.
"Uh hey Roger buddy, um what brings you here?" Herman asked nervously. Roger quickly told Herman and was about to turn the knob when Herman stopped him. "I wouldn't go in there if I was you," Herman said.
"Why?" Eddie asked. Herman smoked a cigar as he stared at the trio.
"Guess you may have to see for yourself," the baby said and stepped aside. Eddie pulling out his gun opened the door. The dressing room was a mess. Letters were scattered everywhere on the floor. Pictures Roger hung up of him and Jessica were destroyed. Well, the half that had Roger was gone and the half of Jessica was either ripped or had words written in red ink.
Some had on hussy, gold digger, charlatan, and other names that were bad. Jessica glared as Roger looked on with awe. "Who could have done this?" Roger asked. He held up a picture frame of his and Jessica's wedding photo. "Jeepers, this was my favorite picture," he said sadly. His white ears drooping as he held the destroyed photo, in his paws.
"Don't worry honey bunny, we have other copies," Jessica said hugging him. Her fingers running through his fur, as she too was trying to keep calm. On the mirror written in what looked like red lipstick said
Roger Is Mine
Admirer
The handwriting looked the same as the one on the notes. "Who was the last one to come in here?" Eddie asked.
"Uh Helen was," Herman said.
"Where is she?" Eddie asked.
"In the lobby talking to the police, we had them called thinking other dressing rooms were vandalized," Herman said. Eddie as well as Roger and Jessica followed Herman back to the lobby. Sure enough, cops were there and one was questioning Helen. The poor girl was shedding tears as her body shook. Once she saw Roger, her face crumpled.
"Oh Mister Rabbit I am so sorry, I called the police as soon as I could. Who would do such a thing?" she asked sobbing.
"Easy Helen, don't cry," Roger said hugging her. Jessica would have been bothered by this but knew Roger was only doing this to comfort Helen.
"Ma'am I am Detective Eddie Valiant, could you mind telling me what happened?" Eddie asked politely.
"Well I told the police I was making new scripts and placing them in the stars dressing rooms. That way when they were ready to rehearse they knew where their scripts were. I started about 6:00 a.m. like I do every morning. At seven I edited the scripts then at 8:00 a.m. I began making my rounds, I made it to Roger's, I um mean Mr. Rabbit's dressing room about 8:30. When I opened the door I came upon that horrible scene and quickly called the cops," she said more calmly.
"Did you see anything else, someone leaving the dressing room?" Eddie asked.
"No," Helen said sniffling.
"Does anyone besides you have access to the dressing room?" Eddie asked.
"Why, anyone has access, the stars never lock their trailers, unless they are in there," Helen said.
"I see, well thank you ma'am if you think of anything, here is my card," Eddie said handing her a white card with a number.
"I will," Helen said softly. Once the cops left Eddie went back into the trailer to look over everything. He used his camera to take pictures and see if the cops found any clues. They confirmed the job was done quickly and the culprit wore gloves.
"Okay Roger, I need that list of all women who work here. If their handwriting matches the one we found on the notes. Then we found our culprit," Eddie said.
"You got it Eddie," Roger said hopped off to his boss's room. Within an hour Eddie had the list of all female workers and their hand writing.
"Okay now I want you and Jessica to head on home and stay there. I mean it Roger, no going anywhere alone till I narrow down the suspects," Eddie said firmly.
"Oh believe me Eddie, I am not letting him out of my site," Jessica said firmly.
"Okay I will call you two once I land something," Eddie said and the trio separated, not knowing a pair of eyes was watching them.
"Soon Roger, you will be all mine," said a voice as they made their plan to claim Roger, once and for all.
Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed this and please review.