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.”
because despite the whirlwind that this competition has become, I
Karl has no reason to lie to me right now. His integrity is
he promised all those weeks
why talk to him? What did you
a deep breath, and I can tell
incredible chef, Abby. The best here, without
don’t deserve the
The word hangs
tightens, and he looks away for a
faces me again, it’s as though
something that he wants to tell me but he can’t get
out.
about you, Abby. He
that you are
competition. That’s it.”
heart races, and I don’t know what to say. There’s a profound
itself around my
to talk to Logan, but also dread
Karl can say
this
happened with the sous chef?” I ask, my voice barely
whisper. “What happened, really?”
was tampering with the ingredients
truffles. I caught him in the
hand, but I swear, Abby, I never laid a
know he’s telling the truth; Karl, despite all
sort of
especially not
the guards didn’t believe you?” I
shakes his head. “The guards think I’m lying. The sous
footage looks… Anyway, it
I won’t be here
the floor unblinking, staring at my
to life again: “Contestants, this is
the stage in two
can say anything, Karl’s hand reaches out and
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