I’m standing in the middle of the restaurant, my phone clutched in my hand as I stare at the screen. The

headline glares back at me: “Inside Abby’s Bizarre World: A Journey into the Mind of a Lunatic.”

“Guys, you have to see this,” I say, grinning as I turn the screen towards Daisy, Chloe, Karl, John, Ethan,

and Anton.

Karl starts to chuckle. “Oh my god, look, she included my quote—’it’s like being a hamster on a disco ball:

spinning but fabulous.”

Daisy snickers. “That was pure gold, Karl. I’m surprised you came up with that one.”

Chloe leans over my shoulder. “And she actually wrote about your ‘commute from Mars’? How gullible

was this lady?”

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spits out his coffee. “This is

messing with her?”

Anton says, shaking his head. “It adds to

reveling in the absurdity of it all, my phone rings.

Mr. Thompson,” I

morning. I presume you’ve seen the article.” His voice is stern, making my

team,” I reply, shooting a look at everyone to signal that

“Quite the story, huh?”

and I can practically feel the tension emanating through the phone. “I don’t

Abby. This is terrible press for someone who is competing in the cook-off. What were

thinking?”

my lip, realizing the gravity of what’s happening. “Mr. Thompson, I can

too late, and we thought responding

discreditable.”

have been more cautious, Abby. Such

can feel my stomach knotting, the weight of his words crushing my

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