Mulrooney peeked through the blinds and wondered if Houdini could make him disappear. His lone Lion Fish, aptly named Houdini because of its ability to make all of the other fish vanish from the tank, had just made short work of the guppy Mulrooney had provided for its breakfast.
“They"re still circling,” Mulrooney said to his fish as he closed the blinds. The media, with appetites more ferocious than Houdini"s, had been gathered outside Mulrooney"s small condo since his return home.
Mulrooney had inadvertently complicated his life by refusing to discuss the altercation at headquarters that had tarnished his record. Although more than a year had passed since the incident, it was still too painful for him to even think about. He had been juggling media grenades since a recent feature in t
