"
Another short pause ensued, then John said, "Alone it is."
John disconnected and Mandi regarded Cade for some moments in silence, then
said, "You could have asked me before you invited him."
"Do you want to try to find out what's going on? I do."
"Do you think John will know who released the pictures?"
"I think that's not the most important issue right now. Done is done. Now
it's time to try to fix things a bit."
Standing up and pacing, Mandi asked, "The contest? How the hell is a
lookalike contest going to make things better? If anything, it'll call even more
attention down on me."
"It'll call more attention to the superwoman, yes, but it'll only get you
second or third place as a runner-up."
Stopping her pacing and staring at him with open irritation, Mandi said,
"Okay, Ed. It's time to explain what you've got in mind -- and explain it well
-- or drop it."
Tossing his empty beer bottle at the trash can, Cade said, "You got it.
Agent Phyllis Morey can make anybody look like just about anybody else and she
has her kit with her. At the contest you'd fly in..."
"I'd fly in?!"
"It's the easiest way to instantly prove that you're you, right? You'd get
an intro, do a trick or two, a bunch of people would take a bazillion pictures
of you, and then you'd see or hear an emergency and excuse yourself to fly out
and deal with it.
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