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year, or so Marion tells me, ’ Frank answered.
    ‘ Contest? ’ Kate spoke, none the wiser but a feeling of unease creeping over her.
    ‘ Oh Kate, don’t tell me I forgot to mention it! Goodness! How remiss of me! That was why I was so keen for you to bring a date tonight . Y ou and Joel are going to be Randall’s representatives, ’ Miranda exclaimed excitedly.
    ‘ Representatives for what? ’ Kate asked a lump of terror forming in her throat.
    ‘ I’m hosting the local heat of Knowing Me Knowing You ! It’s a national competition and Peterson Finance is sponsoring it. The two highest scoring couples tonight go through to one of the regional heats and the first two couples from that go into the national finals . I t’s televised and everything, well it’s on one of those funny satellite channels, ’ Frank attempted to explain.
    ‘ Isn’t it exciting?! You and Joel are our entry . T here are five other couples I think so competition is fierce, ’ Miranda spoke.
    ‘ You must remember the old Mr and Mrs on TV, well this is a bit like that but updated for the twenty first century. Couples don’t have to be married, or even straight, I believe we have a Bjorn and Michael entering and according to Frank here, the questions are a little bit racier, ’ Colin continued.
    ‘ I had no idea about this! God, I couldn’t possibly compete in something like that. If you want to win then you need your best people out there, don’t you Joel, ’ Kate spoke hurriedly, looking at her date with pleading eyes.
    ‘ I think Joel is going to look perfect on camera. I can’t wait to watch it back, in complete privacy, ’ Miranda interrupted, smiling widely at the escort and rolling tendrils of her blonde hair through her fingers.
    ‘ I’ve had a better idea , why don’t you and Colin do it? Y es, that would be a wonderful advertisement for the firm. A partner who has worked his way up to the top and the highly successful, vivacious head of the Probate team, ’ Kate said.
    ‘ But we’re not a couple and actually Kate , it was Frank who suggested you, ’ Miranda told her, her voice stern.
    ‘ Oh was it? Oh Frank, that’s v ery sweet, but I really think… ’ Kate began determined she was not going to take part in any show.
    ‘ I won’t hear another word, you’re going to do brilliantly. T his girl is a marvel Joel, she’s made my estate all tax efficient, ’ Frank interrupted.
    Kate gulped back her wine, grabbed the bottle from the table and refilled her glass. She didn’t do games of any sort and a relationship contest with someone she didn’t know was most probably going to expose her as a fraud.
     
     
    Anything anyone said flew over her head after that announcement. She drank as much wine as she could get her hands on and she barely ate. She picked at the asparagus spears, pushed the roast duck around her plate and took two mouthfuls of raspberry soufflé before declaring she was completely full. She couldn’t think about anything else other than the fact that as soon as dinner was over she had to get up on a stage in front of over two hundred people and answer questions, possibly risqué questions, about someone she had met at 7.15pm that night.
    Fortunately, Joel talked for the both of them . H e chatted to Colin and Frank intently and was gracious to Miranda even though she kept leaning over the table flashing her cleavage at every opportunity. She also found any excuse she could to touch him, passing the salt, passing the wine, knocking her fork off the table.
    As the waiters came round with the coffee Kate made her escape to the ho tel bar. She ordered a rum and C oke and knocked it back in one go. She put the glass back on the bar and ordered a second. She was halfway down the glass when someone took it out of her hands.
    ‘ I don’t think you should have any more of those, ’ Joel spoke, putting the glass back down on the bar.
    ‘ I’m sorry, I didn’t realise I was paying you to do