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Submitted to Contest #250
The brightly lit ballroom glittered with sweeping gowns and tuxedos. A parade of guests shuffled along the red carpet to flashes of cameras. Jacque, the maître ‘d, scrutinized his underlings as they burst from the kitchen doors to serve champagne and hors d’oeuvres to the chittering nobility. Noel, glanced at her watch, then tied her apron before hoisting the large silver tray onto her shoulder. “Five minutes down, five hours to go,” she sighed. She would only make a measly fifty dollars this evening, while cutting into her precious study ti...
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