Everyone present was astounded with Paul's remark.
Paul didn't wish to hurt Cathy more so he didn't add to what he said.
For thirty minutes, the judges were debating somewhere unknown to the people. Then they came into the hall one by one. The last to enter was Paul.
John started, "Now, I will announce the two finalists for this year's Regional Open Culinary Competition. The three of us gave a score for each team and tallied. I will call the finalists disregarding who got the highest score between the two."
"So for the finalists, not in particular order, please come up front…" He paused for a while which heightened the excitement of the people.
"Okay, serious this time. The first finalist is… Luisa, come on down. Applause everyone."
Luisa and Nota were hugging and jumping together with huge smiles on their faces.
"Girls, girls, please come here now. Continue that later."
The two got embarrassed with John's statement as they went to the front.
