title: Chameleon in a Candy Store (The Oxygen Thief Diaries)
author:  Anonymous 
description: Anonymous is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of<i> Diary of an Oxygen Thief</i>.
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  Cheers to Charlene Black, Donna Cucchiara, Joan Fitzgerald, Lea Marie Ripa,
  Mary Lou Venuto, and Priscilla Weed. — JP
  
  For Howard Schiffer and Vitamin  
  Angels, a man and a cause that changed  
  my life. — MK
  
  PROLOGUE
  
   **THE CHAMELEON**
  
  One
  
  > ` **FADE IN:**`  
  > ` **INT. KITCHEN—REGENCY HOTEL,**`  
  > ` **NEW YORK CITY—DAY**`
  
  > ` It’s the height of the breakfast rush at the Regency’s world-famous You-
  >