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"Good morning, Marilyn," Carl Sminck sat down beside her at breakfast. "We're doing your follow up interview to play before you sing next. You are giving it a good run for the money, but we need to get your story out to the people who will vote for you."

"A friend found an old video of me as a girl in a play," Marilyn said.

"That was a fortunate find." He smiled toothily. "It's hard to vote against someone a delicate and earnest as that little girl. Perhaps if we ...