Eric was glad that neither he nor T.J. would have to risk navigating them today, as Perlman Engineering would remain closed because of the weather, and any work Eric had to do could be done by phone. As long as the power remained on and the phone lines didn’t snap. “Public opinion varies concerning what has been called ‘a determined lack of pursuit’, and Breten City Police Captain Benjamin Carroll has had to face tough questions surrounding Victor Kroger’s release from custody.” The broadcast image immediately changed to a video clip of Captain Carroll marching to the doors of the precinct at an even earlier hour that morning, well before the gray light of dawn had fully lightened the sky, and he was closely tailed by a swarm of die-hard media reporters braving the ice to get the scoop. The picture wavered as the cameramen hurried to keep up, and more than once it skewed altogether as the treacherous footing caused a slip. “Captain! Are you pursuing any other leads to capture Victor Kroger?” shouted one unseen reporter from behind the waving wall of microphones.
