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Pro went back behind the curtain and pulled out her phone Using it as a flashlight, she stuht switches She turned thehts popped on

She found three folding chairs backstage and put the each other She finished just as Chu caht behind him and a uniformed officer took up the rear

“Thank you, officer,” Pro said, and directed the man to sit in one of the chairs

The patrolave a nod and went back into the audience

“You’re not going to pull ht smile as Pro sat in the chair opposite him

Chu sat in the third chair, unsure where this was going

“Well, I ain’ in your case Because you’re not the same man”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about, young woman,”

the man said

“When I pulled the man’s beard, I looked into his eyes His brown eyes But when I saw you after Adrianna went on, your eyes were blue, like they are right now” Pro stood “So, either you pull off the beard, or I will, Max!”

The ently pulled off the fake beard

“What the hell—” was all Chu could e

Pro went on “You said it yourself, Max Look for the uy in the audience to distract me so that I would confront him But once the show started, he slipped out and you took his place You had to watch your little blood trick from out front, didn’t you, Max?”

Max pulled the fedora off his head, and he put the beard and the heavy glasses into it He then plucked off the fake bushy eyebrows “Yeah, I didn’t knoould look that good, Pro”

He reached into his mouth and pulled a set of false fronts off his teeth, and then lastly he peeled off the rubber nose