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

as he takes a step closer, narrowing his

act like you don’t know. You put him up to it, didn’t you?” he

performance during round two was so awful, surely you

keeping you

eyes are so wide they feel like they’ll pop

thing, and neither would he. You’re full

Absolutely full of it.”

Daniel just chuckles again. “Then explain this to me: why, during the

in, his breath foul with the scent of

“going into the judges’ room? He looked pretty cozy too,

wad of cash

my heart racing, a mix of anger and

I say, my voice sharp. “You’re just

First you sabotage me, and

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