Chapter 103
Abby
My office is silent as I scroll through the new emails that have landed in my inbox. My fingers drum on
the desk, anticipating the one email that I’ve been waiting for the most—the details of the upcoming
cooking competition.
And then, there it is, bolded and marked with high importance: Cook-Off Competition Details.
Taking a deep breath, I click on it.
The email is concise but packed with information. Attached to it is a long list, detailing every possible
dish that might come up during the competition.
My heart rate quickens as I scan the list. Some dishes I recognize, ones I’ve made a thousand times
over in my career, but others are unfamiliar, exotic even, presenting challenges I’ve never faced before.
I won’t know which three dishes I’ll be asked to prepare on the spot. Which means only one thing: I
have to practice all of them. Every single one.
Grabbing a notepad, I jot down a list of ingredients I’ll need for the more exotic dishes, then turn my
attention to the restaurant’s supplier portal, adding item after item to the shopping list. The ingredients
range from the ordinary to the obscure. Each addition of expensive truffles, caviar, and fresh scallops
makes my anxiety spi ke.
How can I perfect so many dishes in such a short time?
Once the orders are placed, I stretch and push back from the desk, glancing at the clock on the wall.
It’s getting late, but there’s no time to waste. Without a second thought, I pull my hair into a messy bun
and prepare to head to the kitchen to get started.
Before I can leave, however, a sudden page over the intercom draws me from my task.
“Abby, can you come up front for a moment? I need help with the register.” It’s Chloe, her voice
strained.
I head to the bar where Chloe
fiddles with the register. “Hey, what’s going on?” I ask, striding up
thing,” she mutters, her fingers hovering over the
evening.”
navigating through the system. A few prodded
responding as it should. Chloe
been holding.
I thought I’d have to
her a reassuring smile. “Anything else I
“No, that’s it. But…” She hesitates, her eyes
I shouldn’t have snapped at you.
counter, crossing my arms. “Chloe, it’s
she insists, her eyes earnest. “I’m your
get hurt again, fall
words sting, echoing the fears I keep buried deep down, but I push them away, offering her
already married Karl once, remember? Learned my lesson the hard
to happen again.”
it’s just… you deserve so much better, and I can’t stand
him hurting you again.”
out, gently squeezing her hand. “I appreciate your concern, Chloe, but
can make my own decisions, and I don’t need to be monitored or
my gaze for a beat, a mix of emotions swirling in her eyes, before she gives a
reluctant nod. “I understand.”
say, my voice
to my office, Chloe’s words reverberate in my head. A part of me
is frustrated. This
between concern
with Chloe. Our bond means more
trust me, to trust my judgments and
who fell for Karl’s charms all those
and got my heart broken. I’ve grown,
of my friends just see me as a fool who
that’s
chair, though, a thought comes to
on me, the taste of his
spoken about.
delicious mistake.
…
kitchen has long since fallen quiet, with the last employees heading
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