The Trees of Blackwood (Murder mystery, Wizards’ World) part 5

[charisstoma]

Title: A Fitting End (murder mystery, Wizard's World)
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 300

The conclusion of The Trees of Backwood. Follows from The Interview
Series Arc is all here

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With gentle attentiveness, Tammy Aghdashloo was seated for the reading of the will and looked around the small room puzzled at the two strangers who were ushered in as well.

The solicitor started reading:

I, Sessions Adhdashloo, of Blackwood Parish do revoke all prior wills I have previously made.

I am married to Tammy Adomicetti and regretted it every minute. Divorce was not an option because of a prenuptial magical binding. My death shall terminate this marriage and all my worldly goods shall revert to my closest living blood kin.

Therefore, a prepaid contract with Resurrection-R-Us shall go into effect for the raising and reformation of my body into life. My death shall set me free and my reformation shall make me my own beneficiary.

In addition, if Tammy Adhdashloo nee Adomicetti shall have caused my death through; action, collusion, arrangement; magical or otherwise, she shall not survive the 45 days of my reformation. This curse shall be proof of her guilt and will only be put into effect by that circumstance. If she shall survive then she may keep the house and contents for as long as she lives after which the house shall be consumed by fire in its entirety with her in it, I greatly hope.

“No! I’m not responsible for your death Sessions Adhdashloo,” Tammy threw her head back and shrieked at the ceiling, “Do you hear me?!”

“Lie,” responded one of the witnesses to the Will’s reading.

Tammy slewed around glaring malevolently at him, “I am not lying!” she spat.

“That also is a lie,” was calmly stated.

Whittaker stood taking out and positioning an entrapment sphere. “Tammy Adhdashloo I arrest …”

“No! I won’t let you,” casting out her hand to prevent the sphere’s activation.

Escaping, she never noticed the tree in the shrubbery.

Comments

[meridae.livejournal.com]

Hey, the newly weds weren't supposed to die!

[(Anonymous)]

*blinks* Oh. Yeah. They weren't. *goes to hide under a lettuce leaf* I was ... tired? Not enough sleep. Not enough or too much coffee. Had to officiate the Library Friends meeting as the newest President and take minutes because the secretary was ill.
Tired. Got to go to work now. There will be coffee there but first there's breakfast and showering and dressing which includes guessing what clothes to wear. How well will the boiler be working today.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

Aaaaaaand that was me.... *points up*
*head desk*

[meridae.livejournal.com]

Well, ya know, just because the car blew up doesn't mean they were in it. They coulda stopped for a whole lot of reasons - they are newly wed after all!

An epilogue is in order!

[frogs_of_war]

I was telling my daughter why I laughed (at the reading of the will) so I gave her a brief rundown of the five parts. She says it sounds like a soap once it's been on for a few decades, up next alien abduction and babies that go from newborn to fifteen in a matter of months.

I'm fine with the newlyweds dying. These who kill together (and then frame someone else) don't necessarily stay together. I'm not for that unless the deceased really deserved it and this time it sounded like he didn't.

Even if he was a really bad guy, his wife murdering her nephew moved him down the bad guy list.

So do you think he allowed himself to die (temporarily) so he'd get out of his marriage binding? He certainly used it for his advantage.

And if the newlyweds were in on his plan (dropping that other guys name to keep the police busy until the will could be read), they might be laying low in Hawaii. You never actually wrote that they were in the accident, just that the accident had been planned.

[meridae.livejournal.com]

For some reason I really really want an ending where the newly wed bad guys win, get all the money, and run off and live on a tropical island where they spend the rest of their lives having sex.

But that could be because I have spent the day being the good guy, chasing around the district after the so called bad guys, and I still didn't win! ::sniffs:: Why don't my offenders want to come and enjoy the benefits of my bountiful rehabilitational skills!

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

I do rather believe that he did make himself vulnerable to dying early via less than natural means. He didn't necessarily expect it to be by Blackwood tree though. Poison he possibly thought would be his untimely end. *snickers*

Hmm If the nephew and his new husband were part of the murder then it's quite possible that they did survive the car accident while on the road to Tammy's house which is through the Blackwood Forest. *evil laughter*

[thwax.livejournal.com]

well, well, look who was in control all the time ;) Crafty!

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

Yep. Sess had it planned out. Not that he orchestrated his own demise, more like he was waiting until it was made to happen.