“The winner of the New Entrepreneur of the Year award is… Trent Walker of Walker Accounting Services!”
Applause rang out across the room at the MCs words. Trent stood and buttoned his jacket, making his way the few steps to the podium, imagining the clapping was as much for the fact that his award was the last one of the evening and everyone would be able to get the hell out of there as soon as he finished speaking. He didn’t plan to talk for long.
A beautiful woman in an evening gown handed him the award. It was heftier than it looked, which took him by surprise. The figure was a man and a woman in business attire standing atop a pillar, all done in gold, and the bottom placard was inscribed with the name of the award, his name, his firm’s name, and the year. It really was an honor to receive it, even if he didn’t like this sort of an event and certainly didn’t like having to speak in front of crowds.
