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.”
whirlwind that this competition has become, I
lie to me right now.
he promised all
Karl. But why talk to him? What
and I can tell he’s choosing his words
told him you’re an incredible chef, Abby. The best
the
word hangs
looks away for a brief moment, gathering
me again, it’s as though
like there’s something that he wants to tell me
out.
idea about you, Abby. He doesn’t see things
make him see that you are putting in
competition. That’s it.”
heart races, and I don’t know what to say.
dread knotting itself around my stomach: gratitude for
also dread because I
about me are, nothing Karl can
this
chef?” I ask,
whisper. “What happened, really?”
“He was
I caught him in the act, tried to stop
but I swear, Abby, I never laid a
truth; Karl, despite
in this sort of context. Not in a
not
the guards didn’t believe
head. “The guards think I’m
looks… Anyway, it
be here when you
stare down at the floor unblinking, staring at my feet. Outside,
to life again: “Contestants, this is your two minute
stage in two minutes.
hand reaches out and seems to
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