Karl

The second round had left a bitter taste in my mouth. Seeing the way that the

judge, Logan, tore into Abby on live television left me feeling maybe a little too

overprotective, but I couldn’t just stand idly by while Abby had her integrity

ripped apart on stage.

I told Abby I needed to take a call, but it was a complete lie. I needed to talk to

this Logan, understand why he was being so harsh on Abby compared to the

other contestants. And most of all, I needed to make him see the truth: that Abby

was an excellent chef, undeserving of this treatment, and that her spices had

been sabotaged.

Enter title…

The security guard outside the judges’ private room was a mountain of a man,

his face impassive as I approached.

“Hello,” I said, adjusting my blue surgical mask slightly. “I’d like to speak with—”

“I’m sorry, sir, but you can’t go in there,” the security guard replied, his voice a

low rumble. “Policy.”

“But I just need a moment with Judge Logan. It’s important,” I pleaded, trying to

keep the urgency out of my voice.

Before the guard could refuse me again, the door cracked open and Logan’s

searched me up and down for a

considering, before he finally

said, and

look on his

presence was as commanding off stage as it

thick with tension. Logan

likely off doing their own

two

me, turning to face Logan, who was

mixture of curiosity

it?” he

name. It was the pseudonym that I

was what I

over.

you, Ken?” he asked, folding

straight with you,” I began, my hands clasped

something… a tension between you

more personal than with the

man to man, why it seems

lifted. “Did Abby send

has no idea I’m even here.

to you

a moment, then

I dislike Abby, which couldn’t

with a disarming calmness.

out there,”

it’s like she’s being singled

a moment, considering. “Look,

she actually gets them right, are some of the

And her techniques are

the attitude, then?” I pressed. “Why

no less? You’re not nearly as strict with the

was a flicker of something unexpected

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