Abby

I’m sitting by myself in the breakroom, my fingers wrapped around a cardboard

cup of coffee from the vending machine. The coffee has already gone cold, but

it’s not like I was drinking it anyway. The taste was too bitter for what I need right

now.

Karl stepped out just a few minutes ago. He said he had to make a call, and I’m

too numb to question it. Right now, I welcome the silence of the breakroom. I

needed it after that little display on the stage.

I can still feel the heat from the stage lights, the biting sting of Logan’s harsh

words. “You should know your ingredients.” His voice replays in my head like a

Enter title…

his voice pulsing alongside the pounding

now.

and Bryan strides in,

me a distracted nod before he

doubt seeking privacy for

much to my chagrin, Daniel enters the breakroom just as

sees me, his eyes lip up with a smirk

blood boil.

there, Abby,” he says, pouring himself a coffee. No

Black, just as I

with it?” The accusation leaps from my

can weigh the consequences.

against the counter, his eyes narrowing into

I don’t

the only one who—” I

off. I shouldn’t finish. It’s too much of a leap, and I don’t have

evidence.

didn’t, you should have known,” he hisses.

taste.” Daniel’s sneer is sharp

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