Theme Prompt - Sunday Paper

“How could you have gone through with this insane idea?” the same administrator who’d made Mycroft take a vacation exploded, dropping his Sunday paper onto the table with a sharp rustle. “You have no idea the damage you could cause with this!”

“So far, none,” Mycroft replied smoothly, taking a sip of tea. “And it may have headed off quite a bit of damage. I’ve essentially taken the wind out of Jeff Hill’s sails with regards to the story he thought he had.”

“That may be and it may not,” the administrator argued shaking his head. He scrubbed a hand over his face and sighed. “Who’s idea was this? This doesn’t seem like the kind of thing you would come up with.”

“It was my brother’s partner’s idea,” Mycroft admitted, smiling ruefully. It was quite true that he wouldn’t have come up with this; he’d merely have made the photographer disappear. “John manages to think outside the box and I think his idea may have worked. If Hill continues with his story, it’ll look like he’s piggy-backing of the tabloids. And only the conspiracy theorists will believe him.”

“We’ll see, won’t we?” the administrator grumbled sourly, grimacing as he drank his tea. “You should have come to us first with it, Mycroft. You angered quite a few people with this brainstorm.”