Up until this point, neither Alexa nor anyone attending the show would know it. But Danielle had, in fact, been here for quite some time. Just at ringside, one particular lounge chair was set up on the beach, with an umbrella overhead casting its shade down on the woman who lay on it below.
Throughout the whole show, the woman seemed indifferent, despite the cheers of those around her. She hung back, never showing much emotion or excitement, as she sipped a drink from a glass at her side, occasionally flipping through a book. Some might be puzzled as to why she would get seats so close to the action if she was just going to ignore it, but she had her reasons. Her face was hidden by the sun hat and the large pair of sunglasses she wore, something that hardly looked out of place given the setting of such an event. All anyone could see was how the pale blue frilled bikini she wore flattered her figure, slender and elegant but still with curves in the right places. Some might describe it as the body of a model...which, in fact, was exactly what it was.
As soon as a popsicle fell into the hand of a spectator just beside her, the mystery woman set down her book, looking straight up toward the ring. Though her face had been placid and uninterested up until this point, now it turned sour, her lips turning down into a scowl. But soon, she shrugged it off as she rose to her feet, speaking out in a familiar voice with a French accent.
"Well, well...what do we have here?"
As she took a step forward, she tossed her hat aside, her red hair billowing out behind her in the breeze. As she whipped her glasses off her face, Alexa - and the audience - would see that Danielle Degardin had been here all along!
Danielle's scowl lifted just long enough for her to show a smug smirk back at Alexa as she looked up, placing her hands on her hips.
"I suppose someone thought that being a concession girl was a better fit for her talents...which I can't say I can argue, either. Ah, but I forget, we do have a match at stake...and I shouldn't forget our arrangement, should I?"
Danielle spoke of the terms agreed upon following
her own match against Ossi, which had been an uncontested success until Alexa had to rear her ugly head. The winner of this match would get to direct a photoshoot with the loser however they saw fit - and Dani had much in mind for what she'd do to Alexa. After all, she had a long history with the brunette, and considering their rivalry had begun
with a photoshoot they shared, she supposed it was only poetic for everything to come full circle.
"Let's face it, Alexa," Danielle continued as she climbed into the ring, staring her rival down.
"You know you can't hope to stand a chance against me; that's why you have to resort to bribing the crowd so they'll even consider you worth cheering! Of course, knowing how successful you were with pageants, I'm sure that bribery is something you're no stranger to, non?"