Curse of the Candy Corn Queen by Rena Marin & Skylar McKinzie

Author:Rena Marin & Skylar McKinzie
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Crazy Ink
Published: 2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“Okay, girls, today will be our first real practice. I know we only have a couple of days to work on this, but I think we can do it,” Rheanon announced to the diminished sea of contestants in front of her. “Millie, come on up here with me and let’s show them how it’s done.”

Chelsea and Mia stood at the back of the group, watching as the ever full of herself Millie Larson pranced her way onto the stage.

“Some of the girls must’ve quit,” Mia whispered trying to avoid being heard by anyone other than Chelsea.

“Yeah, I noticed we have fewer today. I guess what happened to Tori spooked a few.”

“I wish it had spooked you,” Mia added with a cut of her eyes.

“I don’t scare that easily. Neither should you,” Chelsea scolded as she eyed the group of ladies. “Carmen’s friend Christine isn’t here. I was hoping maybe Carmen would back out too,” she noted as she watched Carmen. It was clear she was looking for her friend to arrive.

“Now, once on the stage, all of you will stand here poised and proper. I want smiles but no waving. That’s tacky and my pageant is anything but tacky.”

Chelsea decided there was no time like the present to ask about the missing contestants. “Did we have several quit the pageant?” she called out from her spot in the back.

The look of annoyance on Rheanon’s face was undeniable. Still, the woman knew the question deserved an answer. “Yes. I’ve been contacted by four contestants letting me know they decided to drop.”

“We have five missing,” Chelsea pressed.

“Yes, Christine…uhm…Burke. I haven’t heard from her, so we’ll just assume she isn’t cut out to be Candy Corn Queen.”

Before more questions could be asked, a high-pitched screeching echoed from the back of the room. The girls turned abruptly, only to find a man pushing a cart. The wheels clearly needed to be oiled or repaired. The sound was worse than nails on a chalkboard.

“Kirk, you’re interrupting practice,” Rheanon screamed out at him making the beast of a man freeze in his footsteps.

“Sorry, Rheanon. These are the props you wanted brought in,” he answered meekly. It was clear, although he was a big man, he was terrified of her.

“Who is that?” Millie asked, her nose automatically turning up in disgust of the man who’d interrupted her moment to shine.

“Kirk Hale. He’s no one,” Rheanon told the crowd then smiled. “Just ignore him.”

“Great, some perv to stare at us,” Millie continued as she threw her hair back and began to saunter across the stage again in demonstration of how the girls were expected to walk.

“I will break my neck doing that,” Mia mumbled.

“You won’t be alone,” Chelsea declared as she spared the man in the back of the room a final glance. It wasn’t Millie or any of the contestants he was staring at. It was all Rheanon. His eyes were only for her.

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