Butter Queen by Abby Knox

Author:Abby Knox [Knox, Abby]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Author Abby Knox, LLC
Published: 2020-09-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Rocket

At the end of the day, I don't lose because Paris got to me, and neither do I lose because I dropped my baton, lit up the stage, and described myself as a beaver.

I lost because Aleesha freaking destroyed us all. She earned it.

But the best part of all was when the governor stood up to deliver an unprecedented announcement.

"It's never fun to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm afraid that we judges have just learned about an incident of sabotage at the pageant. The police and fire department are investigating food poisoning, injury, and arson. I cannot comment other than to say that our first runner-up has been disqualified, and instead our first runner-up is Rocket Montgomery!"

I'm both elated and mortified as I shoot Jet with a questioning look. His expression and hand gestures tell me he is not responsible for me earning the votes for this title, and I've won it on merit alone.

I try to keep my calm as the governor comes over to pin on my ribbon. I can feel Jet's eyes shooting guided missiles into the governor's back for daring to touch me. I'm not against the idea of this little bit of jealously I feel coming off of him from twenty feet away.

Bursting into happy tears as Harley Jensen attaches the Butter Queen crown on top of Aleesha's head, I sashay over to help her don her title sash. I'm genuinely so happy for her.

Jet's eyes are boring into me, and he looks like he's going to bust out a caveman club and drag me away by my hair. Honestly, I don't hate that image.

"Aleesha, I know I'm supposed to stay for the photoshoot but…"

"Don't even start with your excuses. I see what's going on here," she interrupts. For a moment I'm terrified, but then her face breaks into a laugh. "Rocket, go on and get him before I tell everybody that I saw you two go off to dry hump in the back of the butter sculpture truck. Imagine if someone drove that truck to the exhibition hall and opened it, a thousand people waiting to see it, and there you were, with that flyboy all up in your business."

"You saw us go in there?"

Aleesha rolls her eyes. "Go on and get."

I turn and run smack into Jet's chest. "Oh! Hi. Listen. Give me five minutes in the tent to change, and I'll meet you outside."

Although I'm keeping my eyes straight ahead, I still can't help but take a ridiculous amount of enjoyment at seeing Paris in my peripheral vision backstage, dabbing at crocodile tears while undergoing the third degree from Cameron and the state fair president himself. It takes everything in me not to stop and ask if anyone needs a witness testimony to her shenanigans, but big things are about to happen to me. At least, one very big thing, the thought of which is making me salivate.

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