“3, 2, 1…” The judges counted. Once more, Jake made an unorganized appearance on stage; his hair was disheveled, his shirt was ripped, and to everyone's surprise, the sash was missing from around his neck.The judge asked him where it was, but before he could respond, Emily ran up to him and began crying fake tears while dusting his dusty suit. She exchanged eye contact with Jake, to which he responded with another eye wink, indicating that the plan had been completed.A few minutes earlier…..While Joe Cole was making his request, Emily suggested to Jake that he hide the sash in a box in the backstage area near the lights, and then she told him to go look for dust and rub it all over himself, as well as scatter his hair to make it appear as if he was going to the restroom and was ambushed by Joe Cole supporters who forcefully took the sash from him and harassed him. Emily had given Jake a fail-proof plan to implement, and they were nearing the end of it, hoping that the judges woul
Mercury has consistently won the title of Campus Beauty Goodness rather than Campus Queen despite competing in all campus king and queen competitions.Backstage, Mercury, Betty, Joe Cole, and John were all very happy that Jake did not win the crown. They knew how self-righteous he would have been and how his victory-induced sense of entitlement would have led to inappropriate behavior.Emily was comforting her loser boyfriend, and they both laughed at her, it made them feel better to see her upset about losing her boyfriend's crown.Mercury said, visibly irritated, that he had tried his hardest, but he had not won. John was in agreement."I really hope I win the title of campus queen," Mercury complained, "I a
As the judges were still calculating the scores of the final two contestants, the audience could tell who had emerged as the winner and the new campus Queen.Joe Cole approached John with great enthusiasm, saying, "I know Mercury will win for sure, and I can not wait to spoil her with a well-deserved spa treatment to help her rejuvenate from all the stress from today," and John was laughing so hard at Joe Cole's glaring positivity.John also responded by saying that Mercury really deserved this crown and that she has been contesting for two years and this is the closest she has been to winning the crown.He went on to reminisce how lucky they were for Mercury to have discovered that Jake and Emily were all putting on a show and for the evidence to prove it. "It w
Mercury Carter is having the time of her life, as evidenced by the applause from the crowd and the roses being thrown onto the stage. It is finally happening—her dream of becoming the new KQU Queen, not just a goddess of beauty. It was all because of Joe Cole, who helped her win by advancing her to the championship round with the 12-carat Blue Moon Diamond Necklace he gave her. John, Victoria, and Evelyn rushed to the platform to give Mercury their congratulations for winning. Victoria was overcome with emotion because her daughter had defeated the viper's daughter. She was confident that Mercury could use her newfound power to advocate for the change she had always desired at KQU.The previous queen exclaimed, "It is a perfect fit," which made everyone laugh. Following that, she placed the sash on Mercury, and the previous king placed the crown of the new king, John, on his head to formally transfer the throne. All of this happened during the congratulations and celebrations when
The Beauty Goddess competition is held every year immediately following the campus king and queen competition to give one person on campus veto power over certain decisions made by the newly coordinated campus king and queen. This position was the dream of every student on the KQU campus, but for the past two and a half years, Mercury Carter has always won it, giving her the ultimate veto power to overturn decisions made by the current king and queen, and this time she wanted to be a queen as well as receive her EMERALD SASH as the beauty Goddess. Emily, too, desires the golden sash and has been attempting to obtain it for the past 21/2 years, but Mercury has always won. But as Mercury emerged as the KQU Campus Queen, she was confident that she would win the EMERALD sash, thereby becoming the KQU beauty Goddess, and using her veto power to destroy Mercury Emily and terrorize Joe Cole and his friends. Emily smiled as she had this thought and began to plan how she would prevent Mercu
At this point, Marquis was extremely enraged and began shaking Joe Cole to get him to respond to his inquiry about his sister's location or reveal the location of her kidnapping. Joe Cole blamed the excessive fun they both had and the alcohol they had consumed for his confusion and self-loathing at this point, as he was unable to recall Mercury's whereabouts or how she had left his side. He made the decision to give John and Betty a call to make sure she was with them. Marquis was furious and continued to tell his mother, "She is an adult and she will be fine," but Marquis was not satisfied. At this point, Marquis and his mother were on the phone, and Marquis was telling her that his sister had been abducted by Joe Cole. To his dismay, Mercury was not with him when Joe Cole called John to inquire if he had seen her or if she was with him at the moment. Joe Cole broke down in tears and said that Mercury was nowhere to be found and that the marquis had already accused him of kidnapp
Mercury, still held hostage by the kidnappers, blamed Hereford for falling into this trap, and she wondered if the call about her brother's accident at the club was just a ruse to lure her out and kidnap her if her brother was even injured, or if it was a ploy to exact revenge on her for the slap she gave him.She also suspected Emily's actions because she knew Emily would go to any length to win the title of KQU BEAUTY GODDESS and thus gain veto power, and she wondered if Jake's plan to kidnap her was a way of punishing Joe Cole for not allowing him to win the title of KQU CAMPUS King. She also wondered if she was a pawn in a diplomatic war against the US president; some of her father's enemies may be using her as a weapon to force the US to give in to their demands. A lot of possibilities ran through her mind as to why she was kidnapped, but she was most concerned about Joe Cole and how he would react when he woke up to discover that she was no longer beside him.She remembered th
While attempting to determine who the snitch was, John requested that Joe Cole use his AI to locate Mercury, as he had previously done."Diji, could you please give me the location of the black van again? We believe they have moved because when we arrived, we met no one but saw their tire tracks, which appeared to have just left the premises." Joe Cole alerted Diji." Okay, sir, it appears that the van left 15 minutes before your own van arrived and they have moved to another location, but the gate of their new location closes by 10 pm and it is already 10:20 pm, so I suggest you go in the morning when they open at 7 am, but I will send them the location route to you now," Diji responded to Joe Cole’s request. "I think you should rest sir, I can feel your stamina and heart rate reducing, I am also sorry about what happened to Mercury, and finally, there is a hotel nearby for you to stay the night before you all head out in the morning to continue the search," Diji added, and Joe Cole