Abby
As Karl speaks, my fingers worry the hem of my white chef’s coat, now no
longer pristine but splattered with sauce and tiny stains and the remains of
haphazardly cooked meals. It feels like a perfect representation of my inner
world right now: once untarnished and lily-white, but now stained and weathered
from the trials I’ve been through today.
We’re still standing in the supply closet, and the air feels thick. Karl is standing
over me still, his hand pressed into the door next to my head, sandwiching me
there with his body.
Enter title…
My wolf stirs ever so slightly, but now is not the time; I just found out that Karl
tried to talk to the judges for me, and I’m not sure how to feel about it.
“Abby…” he begins, his voice trailing off for a moment as his eyes search mine.
Finally, he pushes away from the door and crosses the small room, running his
hand through his hair for what feels like the millionth time in the past few
minutes.
“Just tell me, Karl,” I murmur, blinking away the tears that are threatening to
spill.
He pauses, then draws in a deep breath, and turns to face me again. “Abby,
yes, I did talk to Logan; but I never tried to bribe anybody. I hope you can
believe me in that regard.”
the whirlwind that this competition has become,
reason to lie to me right
as he promised all
why talk to him? What
breath, and I can tell
you’re an incredible chef, Abby. The best here, without a
deserve the way
word hangs
jaw tightens, and he looks away for a
again, it’s as though there’s a newfound
something that he wants to tell me but
out.
Abby.
are putting in your heart and soul into
competition. That’s it.”
heart races, and I don’t know what to say.
itself around my stomach:
Logan, but also dread because I
Karl
this
the sous chef?” I ask, my voice barely more
whisper. “What happened, really?”
face. “He was tampering
The truffles. I caught him in the act,
I swear, Abby, I never laid a
the truth; Karl, despite all of
anyone in this sort of
especially not
didn’t believe you?” I
think I’m
Anyway, it doesn’t matter. They’re
I won’t be
unblinking, staring at my feet. Outside,
“Contestants,
the stage in two minutes.
hand reaches out and seems to hover
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