Oh, right, never mind." I said, speaking very slowly. It was like I had trouble speaking because of the hotness of the naked upper part of his body th...t was right in front of me. "Yeah? What is it? You can say it." Tom said as he pulled me toward him so my ass was on the counter now. "Tom!" I cried out. "Sorry, you are just so fucking hot. I want to do everything there is to do with you." he said, his hands pulling off my shirt. And then he whistled. I had never had any man whistle at me like. "Lydia reached out and touched his hand. "I understand. Denny will understand, too. Lord knows, you two have a stable of practical jokes that leave me wondering half the time. You want me to work on this?"Reed laughed bitterly. "I'm still one of Phoenix's finest. I can't say one way or another. I'd take it as a personal favor, though." Hey, I hired on, remember? That means I work for you guys."He shook his head, "You're a partner, Lydia. A full partner. I'm supposed to be a silent partner."A. You could not say that on Craig's list.I didn't have time to think about so rather than call, I went to the office. I was about thirty minutes late for the 3PM start time of that evening patrol shift. I went to the Chief Deputy's office. "Hey there Chief Deputy Simpson," I walked right by his secretary to say it."Hello Sylvia, how did it go last night," he asked. I figured it was time to see what Learner had said."It went quite well. We accomplished both tasks you set for us," I said."I noticed. Look at me and keep your eyes closed." I did what Angela commanded and she proceeded to apply makeup to my face; this seemed to go on for a half hour or more, but I kept silent, hoping Maria would hurry back. I protested a bit when she plucked hair from my brows, but she told me to be quiet or she would cut something off me that I would really miss. I laughed at her "joke", but she acted like she was serious. The final thing she applied was lipstick; I recognized its taste from the times I.