Alvin had spent the past week holed up in the restaurant, not going anywhere!
With final exams just around the corner, his presence at school would only distract the kids.
This whole thing had gotten way out of hand!
Calling the so-called "Wedding Dress Competition" the talk of the town didn't even begin to describe it...
Every day, the events unfolding there were enough to fill the front page of a newspaper!
The enormous support groups behind those women left everyone wide-eyed and astonished.
Stars and socialites from all over the world had been completely overshadowed!
Several well-known socialites from America's legendary big-butt family had brought their boyfriends and camera crews to Odin's Town.
But when they got there, they discovered they were little more than nobodies.
They couldn't even find a place to stay in town.
Still, there was a reason those legendary butt celebrities had made it. They found hotels in nearby cities and doggedly made the daily trip to Odin Town from more than a hundred kilometers away.
They were hoping to find a few wedding dress designers and turn their reality show into a show within a show...
But with supermodels swarming in search of opportunities and celebrities fighting for exposure, the women from this family had no competitive edge at all.
Not one ambitious designer would work with them. Leaving aside their wild private lives, their butts alone were a design challenge.
Alvin wasn't interested in the family, but the old regulars who practically lived at the restaurant were loyal fans...
Holding his glass, Alvin listened as a woman on television faced the press with a dejected expression and said she ought to ask her "good friend" Shang-Chi for help...
First, she put on a coy, come-hither act, claiming that she and Shang-Chi were "just