.. well, not friends, not really, if she was to be honest about it. They had not hated each other, though. Any conflict had been reasonably friendly.D...mn it. Why had Shanna let it get this far?Piotr took a long drink. Water, she noticed. Was he expecting to be called to duty tonight? Or did he want a clear head? She had a mug of beer. The alcohol was much needed, in her mind. Putting the cup down, Piotr looked across the table at the redhead, hands folded together on the table."I apologize,. " I have ten full-time officers and a pool of 30 part-timers to pull from. The day shift has a secretary; she does scheduling and payroll plus phones, two patrol persons plus myself. Then the other two shifts have two full-timers plus two part-timers. There are four people on duty at all times. My budget is 1.5 million but I keep at least 400 thousand of that for special events. So the normal expenditures are around 1.1 million," I said. "Starting in January we are going to send armed security. " So, they gave inand let me change into the second pair I had tried on. They told me they hadto get a belt for them and it would be the same belt I would use for most ofmy slacks.So off we went to the male section, thank GOD! Looking around I saw thatmore than a few patrons were smiling, giggling, and staring and a few nodsof approval. Will this never end! The lady who was so helpful in trying tofind me an undershirt walked up to us and told me I looked very nice andprofessional. (Oh, sure,. . and from the waythat Mark now seemed just a little bit shorter, that he seemed to havegrown just a little bit taller. But more than that, Jack took off hisshirt, which was now far too tight, revealing the rest of the changes tohis body."Holy shit," Mark blurted out, staring at Jack. "You're ripped..."Jack looked down at his chest and stomach, being amazed at the sight.Instead of his normally thin body, he saw one that was much moreathletic and muscular. In fact, he could even see the obvious.