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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myself saying,

“Skill and talent should be what matters,

eyes meeting mine with a look that speaks volumes.

right. But sometimes the world doesn’t operate the way it

as though contemplating whether to continue,

make a decision. “Let me tell you

table, crossing her arms as she gathers

when I was climbing my way up

him Mark—who couldn’t stand me. Not because I

mind you, but simply because

a black woman at

my heart sinking

discrimination.

even the beginning of it,” Vanessa says, her

grim tone.

from a food critic, Mark sabotaged

I’d prepped with ones

The critic got sick.

“Did he get away

At the time,