Abby

“Your sous chef… I saw him trying to bribe the judges earlier.”

Daniel’s words land on me like a lead weight. Karl? Bribing the judges? He

wouldn’t do something like that. When would he have even had the time? Why

wouldn’t he have told me?

My gaze locks with Daniel’s, and disbelief tightens around my chest as though

some invisible hand is gripping my heart, squeezing tighter and tighter.

“What do you mean by that?” I demand, my voice trembling despite my

desperate attempts to keep myself steady, to maintain control in a situation

that’s making me feel like the world is tilting on its axis.

Enter title…

of the

he takes a step closer, narrowing

don’t know. You put

two was so awful, surely you

judges into keeping you on the

they feel like they’ll pop out

do any such thing, and neither would he.

Absolutely full of it.”

chuckles again. “Then explain this

your sous chef…” he leans in, his

the judges’ room? He looked pretty

of cash into

from him, my heart racing, a mix of anger and dread

“You’re a liar,” I say, my voice sharp. “You’re just

me off. First you sabotage me, and what

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