Cade and the others stood in front
of the doors.
Slightly muffled by the doors, Cade heard the announcer blather for a while
about the purpose of the event being to honor the woman who'd saved Atlanta,
then footage of the event was announced, followed by a video playback of the
previous night's car-juggling exposition.
Apologies were made that Mandi, herself, couldn't be there, assurances were
made that she'd receive a complete recording of the event, and the announcer
wrapped up his stage time by turning the show over to a woman, who announced the
three prizes to be awarded by the convention and segued the announcement into an
introduction of the contest judges.
At last they got down to the look-alike competition. Knowing the general
routine each woman would perform, Cade could envision them strutting from the
wings to model their outfits by turning around once, then moving across the
stage to make room for the next contestant.
The male announcer eventually came back on stage to say that there would be
a brief pause as the votes were counted and introduced another display of Mandi
Steele video footage with thunderingly loud, dramatic music.
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