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?”

Enter title…

almost spits out his coffee. “This is hilarious. Do you think she realized

messing with her?”

hope not,” Anton says, shaking his

rings. The laughter dies down a

Thompson,” I announce before swiping

seen the article.” His voice is stern, making

with my team,” I reply, shooting a look at

“Quite the story, huh?”

pauses, and I can practically feel the tension

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

thinking?”

what’s happening. “Mr. Thompson, I can explain. The journalist

fraud. We found out too late, and we thought responding this way would at least

discreditable.”

Such naivety doesn’t

feel my stomach knotting, the weight of his words

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