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We both dip spoons into the sauce, tasting it simultaneously. It’s… alright. The paprika adds an

unexpected depth of flavor. But it’s just not what I wanted. None of this is what I wanted. I had really

thought for a while that Karl would wind up being my sous chef for the competition, but that had turned

out horribly.

“Tastes good to me,” John says gruffly, breaking the silence.

“Yeah. It’s fine,” I half-agree, setting my spoon down.

John lets out another groan. “Fine?”

I nod and meet his annoyed gaze. “Yeah. It’s fine, John.”

That’s when John rips his apron off and tosses it down on the counter. “Whatever, Abby,” he groans.

“I’m going home. Goodnight.”

“Wait, John—” I call out as he storms over to the door, but even as the words leave my mouth, I know

he’s made up his mind.

“I’ve had enough for one day,” he says, his eyes meeting mine for a moment over his shoulder before

reaches the door.

then he’s gone, leaving

glance around at the chaotic

the splattered sauce—and

left me with the mess again. I mutter a curse under my breath and start

a vengeance, scraping pans and banging dishes into the

my thoughts drift back to last week, the moment

me for this competition.

bar for a while after closing to

I were sitting beside each

John,” I’d said, my finger running around the rim of my

a sous chef. Would

had lit up faster than I expected. “Really? You

suddenly relieved. “I think we could make

he had answered, clinking his beer

be amazing, Abby.”

at a greasy pan that’s proving to

waiting to happen. I scrub harder,

with enough elbow

was short-lived, and it’s only been a week and

hours,

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