Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

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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.

test, times feels as though

Abby, the

have his presence by

more vast and cold than it ever

Vanessa finally says, her voice low. “This…

expected from you.”

feel a tightness in my chest as panic begins to

I start to explain, but

one of understanding. “I see what you

together on the plate. I’m

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

I see it there before he

adds simply, his voice

argue, to defend my dish,

know the chaos that unfolded.

taken away, and yet they seem to expect the

and authoritative, that

here is a fundamental problem,” he

meeting mine.

clutch the edge of my station, my

quiver in my

to put it plainly…”

the instructions,

asked for.”

I find myself gasping for air. “But I—I don’t understand,”

composure shattering. “This is farro

It’s exactly what was

where you’re wrong,” Logan says

farro mafaldine with black truffle butter

digging through the dish with

piece of black truffle and holds it up in

it this way

this look like a black

though all of the oxygen has been

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