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
reason to lie to
promised all
But why talk to him? What did
and I can tell he’s
“I told him you’re an incredible chef, Abby. The
deserve the way he treats
word
he looks away
he faces me again, it’s as
eyes, like there’s something that he wants to tell
out.
got this idea about you, Abby. He doesn’t see things clearly. I
to make him see that you are putting
competition. That’s it.”
I don’t know what to
itself around my stomach: gratitude for
also dread because
me are, nothing Karl can
this
the sous chef?” I ask, my voice
whisper. “What happened, really?”
“He was tampering with the ingredients
the act, tried to
his hand, but I swear, Abby, I never laid a finger
truth; Karl,
sort of context. Not in a
especially not
didn’t
think
if the footage looks… Anyway,
be here
the floor unblinking, staring at my feet. Outside, I
again: “Contestants, this is your two
to the stage in two minutes.
hand reaches
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