8
Bridging The Gap
Mayor Wil Brimly seemed to wilt as he looked at them. He reclined in the mammoth chair that rested behind his desk in the top floor of City Hall, and for a moment Julian thought he was actually going to melt away into the cushions, so badly did he draw in on himself.
Brimly was a plump man of average height who was well into his middle years, with a round face and dark hair that was beginning to thin on top and had already gone grey at the temples. He wore a dark green overcoat over a white shirt and black pants. A golden brooch in the shape of a fish jumping out of the water was pinned on his left breast—his badge of office as Mayor.
Brimly wiped a hand across his brow and swallowed. "This is beyond bad, gentlemen. This is catastrophic." His eyes betrayed near
