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Chuck paused and gave the carin Kira screamed a little Jo shouted at the television, "Do it, already!" Pal us And I just sat there perfectly relaxed, callass

Chuck reached into his pocket, pulled out a piece of paper, and stared at it for a few seconds Then he faced the ca I'd ever heard in my life

He said my name

"The winner is Annalisa Ricci from San Jose, California"

I froze and stared at the television, too stunned to even let the news register A drea er of the Fiery Boys had just invited , but I could barely hear the aroundhere My friendsintofor what seey slow motion while my name actually flashed at the bottofor me to buy it, then the truth would be revealed and everyone would laugh

So I sat there and let their joke play out, waiting for the inevitable resolution Perhaps Chuck would say "LOL, just kidding," and then read the real contest results Or this ht be a fake video that Pals like that I scrutinized the screen to see if I could detect signs of a cheap video editing job, but the picture looked good, so this probably wasn't a prank Besides, Palmer seemed just as surprised as I was He even yelled at the television and warned the Fiery Boys not to ht he had to defend me from them As if I'd choose Pal to occur to et such a choice

Jo slapped irl! I told you that picture would be a winner"

A winner? Impossible! It didn't make sense After we'd taken those pictures at the bar last month, we sat at our table and reviewed them All of them were so ridiculous that we simply couldn't choose So we decided that each of us would choose the other's best shot I picked the first picture of Jo, lounging against the bar She looked good-sexy and desirable The Fiery Boys would appreciate the fire in her eyes