Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

Abby

I feel frozen to my spot as the judges make their way toward Daniel’s station.

The grin stretched across his face almost makes me feel sick, and it’s all I can

do not to run off the stage right now.

“Wow,” Vanessa says as she takes the first bite of Daniel’s dish, which looks

leaps and bounds ahead of mine just by presentation alone. “Really, Daniel;

wow. Despite everything, you created a phenomenal dish.”

“Thank you so much,” Daniel says, his eyes flickering toward me. “You know,

with my sous chef’s wrist in so much pain, it was difficult. But we made it.”

Enter title…

Next, the judges begin making their way toward me, and I feel like I’m going to

be sick. They stop in front of my station, and I can feel the cold weight of

Logan’s gaze on me already.

“Hello, Abby,” Vanessa says, her gaze sweet as ever despite the circumstances.

“Your performance in the second round was lacking, but you’re here now. How

do you feel?”

I swallow. “I feel…” I pause, my throat cracked and dry. “I feel… Hopeful,” I

mutter. Vanessa nods in response along with the third judge, but Logan—his

face is as inscrutable as ever.

judges begin their taste test, times feels as though it’s

eyes are on me, Abby, the chef with

only to have his presence by

vast and cold

voice low. “This… This isn’t

expected from you.”

feel a tightness in my chest as panic begins to set in.

start to explain, but

not one of understanding. “I see what you tried to

together on the plate. I’m

flicks to the second judge, Xavier, a chef of few words. His

see it there before

he adds

argue, to defend my dish, to

but I swallow the words. They know

yet they seem

Logan’s voice, clear and authoritative, that slices through the

is a fundamental problem,” he states,

meeting mine.

clutch the edge of my station, my knuckles whitening. “Please, enlighten

the quiver in my voice isn’t too

to put it plainly…” He

instructions, Abby. This dish is not what

asked for.”

gasping for air. “But

“This is farro mafaldine with black

mushrooms. It’s exactly what was

wrong,” Logan says

is not farro mafaldine with

digging through the

horror as he stabs a piece of black truffle and holds

it this way and

like a black truffle

seems as though all of the oxygen has been