#Chapter 61: The Apprentice
It’s Friday afternoon before the dinner rush, both the best—and worst—time to get this over with. The
idea, planted in my head by Ethan, has been rolling around in my head for two days. Finally, I decide to
set it into motion.
I lean against the door frame of my office, taking a deep breath before calling out, “Karl, John, could
you both come in here for a moment?”
I don’t miss the sidelong glances exchanged between the two men as they cross the threshold. It’s as if
the air thickens, charged with an electricity that neither wants to acknowledge but can’t ignore.
“Please have a seat,” I instruct, nodding toward the two chairs across from my desk.
Karl takes a seat, folding his arms over his chest as if steeling himself for battle. John follows suit but
not before shooting Karl a disdainful look, one that he returns with equal measure. The atmosphere is
so tense I could snap it with a knife.
I lean forward, resting my elbows on the desk, my eyes shifting from one to the other. “Listen, both of
you have been valuable members of this team. But we’ve got a problem—a serious one. Karl, you can
be as stubborn as a mule, and John, you have a knack for being, well, grating.”
The looks on their faces tell me they both want to protest, but I hold up a hand to stop them.
“And so I’ve made a decision,” I continue, locking eyes with each of them in turn. “Starting today, Karl,
you will be working under John to learn the ropes as a line cook.”
For a moment, stunned silence fills the room. And then, as if a fuse has been lit, both men spring to
their feet.
“No way, Abby,” Karl growls, his jaw set and his eyes narrowed. “No way in hell am I working under
him.”
“You can’t be serious, Abby!” John chimes in, red-faced and incredulous. “I’d rather be fired than work
with this jackas s!”
each man bristling like a cornered animal, inches away from lunging at
volatile stand-off, a powder
laced with a finality that
although the atmosphere is still
make my stance
out that door than make this
gesturing toward the door with an outstretched arm. “But understand that
you can’t adapt, then you’re
team.”
the gears grinding in their heads, weighing options, simmering
it—the unspoken understanding, the awareness that there’s something more
stake here for him.
For us.
John, he’s worked with me for years. I’ve seen him passionately involved in
team. Quitting now would be admitting defeat, something I know goes against his
core.
slight twinge of both
take a deep breath.
apprenticing under John,” I say, setting
your differences aside for the good of this restaurant. And let me be perfectly
all, you’ll both answer for them. Am
with me, the reality of my ultimatum sinking
comes with the territory of teamwork, of personal
Abby,” John finally mutters, albeit
sending a
exhaling a tiny sigh of relief that feels like it’s been
both dismissed. Get
my office, I sink back into my chair with a sigh. My mind churns
made. Only time will tell if I’ve
Or maybe a
out of the chair, needing to distance
knee-deep in bottles and
she takes
Abbs,” she says, glancing up at
of a
mine. “You look like you’ve just been
okay?”
temples, hesitating before I finally spill. “It’s fine. I just had to sit Karl and John down in
to make Karl apprentice under
it would force them
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