Chapter 44

I gave my own introduction and out I went, toga billowing, blonde locks swaying, lips syncing. The crowd erupted, the sound deafening. It felt like being in the center of a symphony, all the instruments blaring at the same time. My body tingled, my very cells vibrating. Beauty might be skin deep—and in my case, makeup deep—but fame, fame invades your very atoms. And sure, big fish, little pond, blah, blah, blah, but this fish was swimming upstream, ready to spawn onto the world!