The job of being a reporter was more difficult than it looked. Finding appointments and moments with the people you desired to interview, trying to use the right words to get them to open up more.

When you were assigned to cover the contraband ring in Colombia, you were ecstatic. Most would quiver in fear that they were in proximity to such a crime. But you knew how to ask a disrespectful question while making it sound so soft.

Having a womanizer, a DEA agent named Javier Pena was a game changer. Your usually dull and stoic persona was now morphed into a sultry, perked up. “So, Ms. Reporter, what’s on your mind?” He crossed his legs, leaning comfortably in his chair.