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.

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of the walls of the

as he takes a step closer, narrowing his eyes.

put him up to it,

performance during round two was so awful,

into keeping

they’ll pop out of my head. “Never,” I

never do any such thing, and neither would

Absolutely full of it.”

again. “Then explain this to me: why,

I see your sous chef…” he leans in, his breath

judges’ room? He looked pretty cozy too,

wad of cash

away from him, my heart racing, a mix

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

me off. First you sabotage me, and what

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