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 it’s moving in

eyes are on me, Abby, the chef with the ‘violent’ partner.

only to have his

feels even more vast and cold than it

says, her voice

expected from you.”

panic begins to set in. “I… I tried to bring

to—” I start to explain,

one of understanding. “I see

together on the plate. I’m sorry,

to the second judge, Xavier, a

I see it there before he

he adds simply, his voice

defend my dish,

know the chaos that unfolded. They saw

away, and yet they seem to expect the impossible

and

we have here is a fundamental problem,” he states,

meeting mine.

the edge of my station, my knuckles

the quiver in

to put it plainly…” He pauses,

“You didn’t follow the instructions, Abby. This dish is

asked for.”

find myself gasping for

composure shattering. “This is farro mafaldine with black

exactly what was

says

farro mafaldine with black

digging through the dish with his

piece of black truffle

this way and

this look like a black

studio suddenly seems as though all of

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