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Alec
Hours later
Hours later, I stand backstage at the L Center. Our first show is almost finished. It went exactly as Charles described all those weeks ago.
Contestants step down a winding staircase.
Charles introduces them.
My parents ask questions.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
After a few hours of this, I walked out and named our new Le Charme Lady.
Now, we’re at the part of the show called the parade of sponsors. This is where different celebrities come out to explain the newest Le Charme Lady what she’ll be talking up for the next year because—surprise, surprise—those celebrities are contracted to the exact same companies. Funny how that stuff works out.
While all that fun goes down, I keep standing at stage right. From here, I can see the show proper, but no one can see me. Well
