Abby
The air in the studio feels dense with anticipation as Karl and I walk back to our
station together. The crowd murmurs as they become aware of the implications:
that only Daniel and I are returning, and Bryan, the third contestant, is nowhere
to be found despite the fact that the winners of the second round were never
officially announced.
“You okay?” Karl murmurs as we take our spots, standing next to each other
with our shoulders touching.
I nod and shrug at the same time, a sense of guilt and trepidation washing over
me. “Yes. Sort of. Maybe. I don’t know,” I murmur, clearing my throat subtly.
Enter title…
Karl shoots me a confused look from beneath his blue surgical mask. “What
does that mean?” he asks, worry lacing his voice.
I can’t contain my sigh. “It means that, if it weren’t for Bryan’s mother dying, I
wouldn’t be standing here right now,” I say quietly. “And I’m not sure how to feel
about it, if I’m being honest.”
Karl is silent for a moment before he speaks. “Listen, Abby, I know it’s a shock.
But—”
Suddenly, before he can finish, the director holds up his fingers and begins
counting down from three. The stage falls silent, and the cameras begin rolling.
his way across the stage, his face more
gentlemen,” he starts, “before
have an announcement to
the edge of
and unyielding, even as we face
at him only serves to prove me right; his eyes are
sort of glee.
not be joining us for the
audience. “Due to a
chosen to withdraw.”
murmur turns into a low hum, the
“Bryan’s mother has passed away. Let us
moment of silence.”
the silence stretches over the crowd, I feel my
only due to a death. A wave
that I don’t belong here after my performance in the
clears his throat and continues. “Now… the
biggest test of skill,” he announces. The
tension and excitement winding
preparing a dish that
black truffle butter
My heart lurches.
That dish. My dish.
practiced until my hands moved with the
down those elusive truffles as if
like fate. It feels like a
my
closer. “I thought they
gripping the edge of the counter even harder
I thought
the announcer’s voice booming over
the moment
exceptional skill to get this far,” he
the noise of the crowd. “And now,
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