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  Shirley shrugged, “Not really, but I found the situation so funny that I was never gonna get there. Hope I didn’t shock you too much.”

  “Not too much, but this is something I’ll have to get used to,” Melanie said, pointing at Shirley who was still naked.

  Shirley threw a pillow at her, “ I’m not ashamed of my body, so why hide it? True, I don’t have your massive boobs, but the guys seem to like me just fine.”

  Over the years, they had both had sex while the other watched, and had even experimented with one guy together, but Shirley was by far the more adventurous one. One time, Melanie had used the toilet while Shirley got fucked from behind in the bathtub. As a joke, Melanie had flushed, sending ice cold water into the shower.

  Chapter 2

  Melanie reached the office just after nine in the morning. Before she went into the Associates Pen, Melanie looked all along the ceiling of the room, trying to locate anything that could be a small camera. She did not see anything out of the ordinary. There were no strange lights coming from the vents, smoke alarms, or the sprinklers. Melanie was just about ready to give up, but then a painting on the wall opposite the door caught her attention. It showed a lighthouse sitting on a jetty being bombarded by punishing waves. The artist had painted a beam of light coming from the top that extended into the water, highlighting a ship being tossed around. Everything looked perfect, except the spot where the light originated. Instead of white, there was a dark circle.

  Melanie tried to act casual as she approached her cubicle. She passed the painting, but did not look at the lighthouse until she determined she was out of its view. Melanie gave it a good look and knew she had been right. There was a raised bump in the lighthouse that was a perfect circle. She looked back at the door to the office, and realized that the printer was directly across from the painting.

  “Gotcha,” Melanie whispered to herself. She sat down at her cubicle, proud of her sleuthing abilities, but then shot back up again when a memory flashed through her mind. Melanie walked out of the Pen at a fast pace and made her way down to the conference room. She did not go inside, because she did not have to since two of the walls were made of class. The walls at the head and foot of the table were solid, and as Melanie’s memory had reminded her, both sported paintings of lighthouses.

  Melanie walked to the front receptionist’s desk, with the pretense of grabbing a hard candy, and noticed another lighthouse painting, this one right behind where the receptionist sat, giving it a perfect view of the elevator, as well as a monitor showing the security feed from the ground floor. That is how the printer person knew Granite was coming. Each camera is in the perfect place to capture anything that happens in the room or area, Melanie thought to herself. The question then became who had access to the video these cameras captured. Melanie thought she knew the answer, but she needed to explore the law firm’s website to confirm it. She took another candy and a full pad of post it notes from the receptionist’s desk, and walked back to the Pen.

  Back at her desk, Melanie powered up her laptop and opened Google Chrome. She typed in the law firm’s website and went directly to the biographies of the partners. Melanie started with Kennedy Jenkins, and the page featured a picture of the lawyer sitting at his desk. Right behind him, between two bookcases filled with law books, was a lighthouse painting. Melanie smiled at proving herself right, and then clicked on Jacob’s page. The set up was exactly the same. Okay, so what about Granite? Is he part of this too? Melanie thought to herself, and then clicked on his bio. When the picture popped up without a lighthouse painting behind him, Melanie jumped up and yelled, “YES!!”

  The three other associates walked into the Pen at that exact moment. Lucy said, “Good to see you, too, Melanie.” The two men laughed at the joke, while Melanie blushed.

  “Morning you guys. Hey, I forgot to get coffee,” Melanie said as she walked towards the door, “let’s all go down to the café together and get some.”

  Dave gave her a confused look, “We already have coffee. Can’t you go alone?”

  Melanie grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the Pen, “Stop arguing and join me for a quick cup. I’ll make it worth your while.”

  Lucy shrugged, “Well as long as you’re making it worth our while, why not?”

  Melanie did not say anything, no matter how many times she was asked, until they exited the building.

  “Okay, here is why I brought you all outside. I figured out how our mysterious Dare game leader watched us.”

  Dave said, “Okay, spill. Who is the spy?”

  “I don’t know that for sure, but have you ever noticed the lighthouse paintings all over the law firm? Well, each one has a camera hidden in it at the top of the light house,” Melanie said.

  The other associates thought about the office and the paintings, and it all came together for them.

  “Son of a Bitch!” James said, “You’re right, those things are everywhere, even in the break room. They’re just as bad as the Steuben siblings!”

  Melanie nodded, “There’s only one office that does not have one.”

  “Where?” Lucy asked.

  “You’re not gonna believe it, but it’s Max Granite’s office. That means either he is controlling the whole thing, or one of the other two partners is, and they weren’t able to get a painting in his office,” Melanie said.

  Dave said, “Well, if we believe that the printer person really didn’t want us caught by Max, then I think the latter theory is correct, but which one? Kennedy or Jacob?”

  “And more importantly, what do we do about it?” Lucy asked. Melanie could tell that the smaller woman was more angry than upset. Angry that someone she worked for was recording her, without any kind of warning.

  James stepped in and said, “I say we grab some coffee, and then go back to the office and get to work. I found a program online last night that will allow me to dig into the printer’s memory and find out exactly where each print job is sent from. I will work on that as well as the folders. If past experience is any indication, our little voyeur won’t try anything until the sun goes down.”

  “I like that idea,” Dave said, and then turned to Melanie, “and great job finding the cameras.”

  Melanie smiled, “Thanks Dave, there’s just one more think I want to clear up right now.” She then grabbed his face and kissed him forcefully. Dave opened his mouth in defense and Melanie slipped her tongue inside while wrapping her arms around his neck. After a second of hesitation, Dave pulled her body closer and made it a full body experience. James and Lucy just stood there, trying not to look too awkward as their co-workers locked lips.

  When Melanie released his lips, Dave was out of breath but asked, “What was that for?”

  “That was asking to walk me to the L last night and still showing up today even though I shot you down,” Melanie said, “I wanted you to know that I only waved you off because I wasn’t really thinking. No matter what happens today, you and I are gonna have fun when we’re done.”

  “What about us?” Lucy said, pouting her lips.

  Melanie gave her a small kiss on the cheek, “We’ll see what kind of dares we get.”

  Chapter 3

  Back in the office, the associates set to work on the Steuben files. They all tried to bury themselves in the folders and not think about the camera watching them. Each time Dave or James got up from their desk for another set of folders, they would stare at the painting, to the point that they kept running into the end of a desk. Melanie was sure the men were going to give themselves away if she did not do something quick. Thankfully, a group of Steuben Sibling employees came through with a great folder.

  “You guys have got to hear this one,” Melanie said as she stood up, “Its from a hotel in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Have you ever heard of the Naked Mile?”

  Lucy perked up, “Yeah, that’s a big tradition at the University of Michigan where a bunch of students run naked. I think they eventually stopped it when the number of pictu
re takers outnumbered the runners.”

  Melanie said, “Yep, well this happened before that. Listen, ‘Tina Bolluck and Parker Talbot are two employees at the Ann Arbor Inn. On the night of April 16th, 2001, both were working the desk. At 12:02am, the phone rings, and Bolluck answers. After 43 seconds, Bolluck can be seen laughing and covering her eyes while still holding the phone. Talbot says something to his coworker, and Bolluck covers the phone and says something to Talbot. He looks around and then nods his head, which Bolluck sees as a cue and says something into the phone and then hangs up. The two employees then walk out of the camera’s view, presumably to go to the coatroom, because three minutes they return wearing long overcoats. They appear nervous and excited, as if they have taken some kind of illegal drug. A random drug test should be ordered for them both.

  After ten minutes, something attracts the attention of Bolluck and Talbot, as they both turn their heads to the front door, which is locked according to company policy at 10pm. Talbot and Bolluck walk to the door, unlock it, talk to someone, and then Bolluck holds one door open, while Talbot holds the other. A stream of young naked men and women flows into the hotel. The body types range from nearly anorexic to morbidly obese, and all sizes in between.

  Once the last person, a 6’11 African American man with what appears to be a 12 inch penis, runs though, Bolluck and Talbot undo their coats and drop them to the floor. It then becomes apparent that they are naked underneath, Talbot’s penis is half erect with a length of roughly 5 inches. Bolluck has generous B cup breasts, a sparse amount of hair hiding her vagina, and an inordinate amount of freckles on her shoulders. Must check to see if she pays for sessions at area tanning salons. If that is the case, her health insurance should be canceled. Bolluck and Talbot then run out of the front desk camera’s view. The naked runners are later caught on the hotels other cameras as they make their way through the hotel. As they make their way back to the front desk, the runners enter the pool area and jump in the water and swim the short length of the pool, and then climb out the other end. Once they leave the pool area and return to the main hallway, a large puddle forms in the area. Please dock Bolluck and Talbot for the cost of clean up.

  The herd of naked runners finally leave the hotel and Bolluck and Talbot lock the door behind them. Talbot’s penis has deflated, and Bolluck points at it, as if asking why. Talbot says something, and as he talks, it becomes obvious that he is once again becoming erect. Bolluck gets closer to him, and grasps his penis in her hand, and then pulls him down the hall and into the pool area. Once there, Bolluck jumps into the water and beckons Talbot to join her, which he does in earnest. For the next five minutes Bolluck and Talbot share saliva in the pool. Then Talbot backs Bolluck up against a pool wall and lifts her out of the water. As she lies back, Talbot puts her legs over his shoulders and lowers his face to her crotch. For seven minutes, Talbot keeps his face in Bollock’s vagina, presumably to perform cunnilingus. By Bolluck’s reaction, he does a decent job and helps her achieve orgasm.

  Bolluck then reenters the water, sliding down Talbot’s body, and appears to slip his penis into her vagina. Together, they rock back and forth, causing waves to form. They continue that movement for fourteen minutes and forty-eight seconds, at which time Bolluck’s head flies backward while Talbot buries his face in her neck. It is our consensus that the pair achieved orgasm together, but that is only a guess. Bolluck and Talbot then leave the pool area, get dressed once again, and return to the front desk. Our recommendation is terminating both employees and calling police to have trespassing charges filed against everyone who appears in the video.’”

  “Y’know, after reading all of these folders, I think we are missing an easy defense against this class action lawsuit,” Dave said, “We should be going for a defense of Not Responsible for Reason of Mental Defect. I could easily get a psychiatrist or psychologist to find both of the Steuben siblings have a long list of mental illnesses.”

  Lucy nodded her head, “I have no doubt you’re right, but we would have to convince the Shelly and Sheffield to go along with it. I have never met them, but they strike me as very proud people who believe they are doing what is right.”

  James grabbed another folder and said, “Good point, Honey,” and then sat down.

  Melanie stood up and pointed at Lucy, “He called you Honey!”

  “Does that make James, Pooh Bear?” Dave asked in a mockingly sweet voice.

  Lucy and James buried their faces in their folders and flipped their co-workers off in unison.

  “Isn’t that sweet, Dave?” Melanie asked as batted her eyes at him, “They’re using obscene gestures together. Next thing you know, they’ll be getting matching tattoos.”

  The four associates broke for a quick lunch at one o‘clock, and then jumped right back into the folders. The stack was dwindling, and the end was in sight. Melanie estimated that they would be done by five o‘clock at their current rate, but that would not work with the plan she was devising. So Melanie squirreled away two folders and passed notes to the others to do the same. At five, when all of the other folders were done, she called for a dinner break.

  “Let’s go somewhere nice, my treat. I haven’t used the money I got for being cursed out by Granite yet,” Melanie suggested.

  Dave said, “Sounds like a plan. Any suggestions?”

  Melanie shook her head, so Lucy asked, “How much you looking to spend?”

  “Might as well blow the whole thing,” Melanie said.

  Lucy said, “Then let’s go to Acadia. It has great food, great beer, and it is close by.”

  They all agreed and fifteen minutes later they were seated at the restaurant. Melanie looked around the dining room and noted all the couples who were obviously on dates. She wanted something like that, and wondered if Dave could provide that or even wanted to. It was hard to forget that their first time together had been on a conference room table. That train of thought made her feel anxious, so she decided to stop it in its tracks.

  “So James, what did you find out about the printer? Who is controlling the damn thing?” Melanie asked.

  James looked a little concerned and said, “Well, I have good news and bad news about that. The good news is I was able track the print jobs back to the computer that ordered each one. The bad news is there was more than one.”

  “What?” Lucy asked, “Are you sure?”

  James nodded, “I checked it five different times. Some of the print jobs came from Jacob Unruh’s computer, while others came from Kennedy Jenkins’s computer. Often they were seconds apart.”

  Dave said, “So they are both in on it.”

  “I don’t think so,” James said. “I checked that scenario by hacking into their accounts. Neither Unruh or Jenkins was logged into the system at the time. And before you ask, no, they don’t have any secret sign-ins.”

  Melanie deeply sighed, “Then we’re back to square one. We don’t know who the printer person is and we don’t know if they have information that they can use against us. So we go with Plan C.”

  The other three associates looked at her in confusion. Finally, Dave asked, “Plan C? Did we have a Plan A and B?”

  Melanie patted Dave’s leg, and then left her hand high on his thigh, “Of course we did. Plan C stands for cover up.” She reached into her purse and pulled out the pad of post it notes. “When we get back to the law firm, we will go up together, and synchronize our phone’s stopwatches. I will go to the Pen, Lucy and James will go to the conference room, and Dave, you will stay at the reception area. At exactly one minute, we will each place a post it note over the cameras in the paintings. We will then complete the final folders in silence, and call it a night. Before we leave, we will take each post it note down, but not before we turn off all the lights. How does that sound for a plan?”

  Lucy, Dave, and James all looked at each other, and then stood up to give her a standing ovation. Several of the other patrons in the restaurant stared at them disapprovingly, but others
got a kick out of the strange occurrence. During the rest of the meal, they made a pledge to talk about anything other than hidden cameras or eclectic multi-millionaires with too much time on their hands. As they finished their first course and waited for the second, Lucy decided to take the conversation in a new direction.

  “So we’ve all shared a lot of ourselves with each other, how about a little more? I want to know all about the strangest things you’ve done, sex-wise, besides our time together.”

  James pointed at Lucy, “Are you willing to go first?”

  “Sure, but only if everyone agrees to keep the secrets,” Lucy said. She got a round of nods, and then started, “The strangest thing I have ever done was get naked in a hot tub at a hotel in Miami during a college cheerleader competition. It was late in the evening and we had just arrived at the hotel. My roommate and I quickly discovered we were given the honeymoon suite, which included a giant hot tub in the middle of the room. So we invited the rest of the squad to check it out. One of the guys suggested we get in, but none of us felt like digging through our bags for swimsuits. I suggested stripping down to our underwear, and everyone was for it except two of the younger girls.

  “So it was me, my roommate, another girl, and four boys. We filled up the tub and as it started to bubble, we all got down to our underwear. Not five minutes after we got in, my roommate decided she didn’t like the feel of her wet bra and panties so she told the boys that she would take them off if they got naked, too. The boys threw their boxers out of the hot tub in record time, and then started egging me and the other girl on. I wasn’t so sure, and the other girl completely bailed, so then it was just me and four naked people in the hot tub. They finally wore me down and I got completely naked.

  “For five minutes, no one said a word, and then I felt a hand slide over my right thigh. I turned to the guy on my right, and he was given me the puppy dog look with his big blue eyes. He leaned forward and kissed me, and that started a chain reaction. Soon, we were all groping each other, two guys to each girl. It felt amazing to have the attention of two men on me at the same time. Eventually we all ran out of steam and boys all left. There were a few nasty rumors around campus after that, but I didn’t pay it any attention. So who is next? James?”