Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

Abby

Vanessa walks up to me, her heels clicking softly on the tile floor. The room

slowly begins to pick up its volume again, but I feel lost in a giant void.

“Are you okay, Abby?” Vanessa asks, her voice pulling me back to the present.

“I-I’m fine,” I murmur, although the words feel like a complete and utter lie. “I’m

sorry. I didn’t mean to cause a scene.” I glance at Karl, who’s standing a few

feet away, watching intently.

Vanessa smiles, a soft, empathetic curve of her lips that immediately puts me at

ease. “Don’t be sorry. The culinary world isn’t exactly a bed of roses for women,

you know? We’re already at a disadvantage just by being female chefs.”

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find myself

and talent should be

mine with a look that

world

moment, as though

make a decision. “Let me tell you a

nearby table, crossing her arms

when I was climbing my way up the ladder, there

couldn’t stand me. Not because I was

him in the kitchen, mind you, but simply because I was a

black woman at

say, my heart sinking at the thought

discrimination.

but that’s not even the beginning of it,” Vanessa says,

grim tone.

a critical review from a food critic, Mark

prepped with ones that had turned, ruining

critic got sick. It was

“Did he get away with

At the time,