2008
A couple months has passed since Ronnie first did his drag show, and in that time frame Miss Renee Harvey did some drag showcases in the local clubs around the Southside, wearing dresses he made himself and heels from the thrift store but he made it work (lyin about his age too). But Ronnie was officially 18 and there was one drag competition he really wanted to enter, Gays Got Talent, which held in the Crown Theater during the week of Chicago pride....it was a huge deal! Ronnie wanted to audition but he was kinda nervous,
"What if I can't do it what if I'm too ugly?" Ronnie lamented
"Don't worry baby you'll do fine," said Delilah
"You think so?"
"I know so, chile you have talent and you can sang your ass off so go head and do it!"
Then Ronnie, decided to put on a purple glittery gown he just made, some black heels, a shortcut wig and some lipstick and miss Renee Harvey came out to play! She went with his mother an her freinds were there too watching from their seats, they knew he was gonna slay! The judges called miss Renee to the stage, an she chose to sing a portion of "All The Man I Need" by Whitney Houston, Ronnie's fav singer, and when Renee opened her mouth the judges were amazed, and her freinds an mom in audience were blown away too! After all the talents were finished the judges made a decision,
"All of you we're amazing, but only 1 can be the winner, and the gold medal goes too....the Toxic Lesbians, ugh the way y'all danced to that song was just unbelievable,"
And Renee was kinda flatlined, he didn't even win second or third place either!! Delilah knew her son would be upset so she went backstage to comfort him,
"You alright honey?"
"I could be better, but at least I tried,"
"Well hey look at it this way, you now in front of bigger crowds!" Delilah said
"I guess, can we get some pizza I'm hungry as hell!"
Then Ronnie decided to change into his normal clothes, but once he left the dressing room, he was approached by someone,
"Are you miss Renee Harvey?"
"Yes I am, um do I know you?" Ronnie asked
"You will soon, I'm Lucky, imma LGBT talent manager, I had to say those judges passed over a great talent, them ugly girls didn't deserve to win I mean you got it goin on....um do you have a minute?"
"Well look I gotta be goin and unless this about money....."
"That's exactly what this is about, I wanna manage you and make you a superstar, Ronnie or Renee I should say, you can be somethin huge, just sign with me and I'll take you to new heights you'll be on top in no time!"
"Well do you have like an office we can do this at,"
"My office is in New Orleans, one of the hottest gay cities, I have my contract in my suitcase um where's your agent?"
"I ain't his agent but I'm his mama, what's this?" Delilah asked
"Ma'am I wanna sign your son, he has talent and I wanna nurture that, I'm tellin you he'll be a superstar in the gay community, the next Sylvester! All I'm sayin if you sign this contract you'll have shows booked in the biggest theaters across the nation, a pad paid for by my company in New Orleans and a $6,000 sign on advance, the world is waiting Ronnie!!" Said Lucky
"Wow mom, I mean, I'll be out of Harvey forever, this could be a good thing," Ronnie said
And when Delilah heard that she knew that Ronnie had a point, he may never get this type of opportunity here in Chicago ever again! So with her trust in Jesus and a leap of faith, Ronnie signed that contract and it was official, HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE GHETTO AND GOIN TO THE BIG EASY! But down the line Lucky would show his true colors...and Ronnie might have some regrets.