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surreptitious glance from Scott.

    “What?” Bethany Anne turned towards John as John watched Scott put up his fingers to his head and act like he shot himself as he rolled his eyes behind Bethany Anne.

    “Well,” John ad-libbed, “I was looking into New York after our little episode there a few months ago, and I ended up on a website that was talking about the new addition of women from the Fire Department doing a calendar. And…Uh…” John faltered, trying his best for slightly embarrassed, “Well, for research purposes I went to go see what the pictures might look like for the women.” he shrugged as the guys all smiled at his discomfort.

    Knowing full well if they didn’t pull this off, it would be hell to pay later.

    “I’ll tell you what, how about you guys agree to the beefcake, but I’ll say there is a condition that the women have to do a few poses for a personal calendar that can only go to you guys. That way, they can put up or shut-up?”

    Scott grinned, “Hell yeah!” Then Scott asked, “Do we get to choose?”

    “Choose?” Bethany Anne turned to him, “and who would be on your list, Mr. English?”

    Scott’s face went red, “Uh…Who is in the group again?”

    “Uh huh…” She smiled, “Ok guys, I want you to think of who you would like in the calendar!” She clapped her hands twice, loudly, “Come on! You know who it is!”  

    The guys all looked at each other when she started laughing and stood up, “Oh my God. This is priceless!” She began walking towards the door, “Don’t forget your push-ups, Mr. Escabar, I’ll have Scott stand on your back in my place. He doesn’t have heels!” She waved over her shoulder to them and exited their rooms.

    Once she was out of the room, the guys turned to face each other, confusion on their faces.

    “Does she know we bugged the last meeting?” Eric asked.

    John turned back to look at the door and his missing boss and admitted, “I don’t think so, this is much worse.”

    “Worse?” Darryl asked, “How the hell could it be worse?”

    John told the guys, while still watching the door, “I think she just got the names of every woman we like.”

    The men all turned towards the door.

    “Oh shit,” Darryl said.

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    “They want WHAT!” Cheryl Lynn gasped, her look of shock complete as her eyes darted among the three other women in Bethany Anne’s suite.

    “Wait a fucking second,” Jean spoke up next, “This was about getting those guys to bare their bodies, not us expose ours!”  

    “Why are you worried?” Cheryl Lynn turned to Jean, “You have a gorgeous body. I’ve pushed two kids out, and if the girls aren’t a little less perky, I don’t know what is!”

    Bethany Anne had told the ladies the request, modified for her personal reasons, and sat back to watch the fur fly.

    Damn, she wished she had thought to pop some popcorn.

    “And who is going to ask Natalia to join this?” Cheryl Lynn continued, “She didn’t even start this project, and someone is going to have to ask her to pose in a bathing suit?   She’s the XO on the Ad Aeternitatem for pete’s sake!”

    “Hey, you guys are asking them to go shirtless with really tiny skivvies, all they want is a one-piece,” Patricia reminded them.

    “That’s easy for you to say, your name didn’t get drawn out of the hat!” Cheryl Lynn hit back.

    “Why are you having such a hissy-fit?” Jean asked Cheryl Lynn, “You’ve got a body to die for, if I had the extra three inches in height you have, I’d be dancing a pole somewhere.”

    Cheryl Lynn turned back to Jean and pointed to her, “This is your fault, you hussy!” Cheryl Lynn kept going, even as Jean started laughing, “What the hell am I going to say to my kids?”

    “Momma’s got back?” Patricia suggested.

    Bethany Anne couldn’t stop the short laugh escaping from her lips. She quickly put her hand over her mouth as the arguing women turned towards her. She got out a