Her World (Episode 15)

Her World 🌍. 

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Cheater 15 🌻. 

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                        Amy 

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I plumped down on the couch and heaved a sigh of relief. 

I had just come back from the resto and I'm tired as hell. 

I asked Caden to go get me water and he left to get it. 

He came back with a bottle of water and a glass and handed it to me. 

I took it and poured myself a glass of chilled water.

I gulped it down and felt the chills down my throat to my chest, that's more like it.

Caden sat down beside me and started telling me what happened at the hospital, how the school came with flowers and teddy bears for Cody blah blah. 

I was so tired so I told him that after the competition tomorrow, we'll go visit Cody at the hospital. 

We went upstairs and I tidied him up before making him wear his pyjamas. 

I tidied myself up, put on my pajamas and went downstairs to microwave the food I brought from the resto. 

I was done so I served ourselves and we ate. 

After eating, I helped Caden with his homework before we both crashed on the bed and slept off. 

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It was morning and my usual time to wake up but I decided to sleep a little longer cause today is all about preparing for the competition. 

After sleeping for a while more, I got up and started attending to Caden. 

I got him ready for school, made him breakfast and he left in the school bus. 

I did my morning routine, ate and went to the resto. 

"Do you even sleep "I asked Bryan as I went to him over the credenza. 

"Yep! I have my own morning routine and it's not yada yada like yours "he yapped and I scoffed. 

If only he knows how much of a stress my morning routine is, I'm sure he'd have broken a bone inside him. 

"What are you thinking about? " he asked when I didn't respond to him. 

"Everything except you " I told him and he chuckled. 

"Oh please, you think about me all the time! Before you sleep, when you wake up,  when you eat, when you b....." 

"Oh please Bryan! I have lotta things to do and listening to your bullshit ain't part of them " I interrupted him.

"Now let's talk about the competition " I told him.

"We don't know what dish or dishes they gonna make us prepare but I'm sure as hell it's not gonna be easy " he said.

"What am I even saying? Even the dish we were asked to prepare in the first stage wasn't at all easy and the finale is gonna be? Hell no! It'd be hard as hell " he concluded and I chuckled. 

"Is someone scared? " I teased him.

"You could do something better with the time you're wasting to tease me. Keep teasing me and you'll find yourself at the competition unprepared " he told me and I hate to admit it but he was right. 

I rolled my eyes and got myself a juice to chill off. 

"OK so I'm gonna research about the difficult dishes to prepare and the most likely ones to come out in a competition " I told Bryan. 

"And I'll handle the resto like the owner " he said and I rolled my eyes. 

"Try any shit and I deduct from your salary " I stated and he chuckled. 

I already started paying Bryan, I started paying him on Monday so he's officially my employee, a dumb one though.

I started my research and let Bryan handle the resto. 

I found some dishes that are likely to come out in the competition so Bryan and I spent hours practicing them. 

We made sure to write down the recipes of those we don't know and we tried making some and trust me, it was tasty 😋. 

We are sure gonna win this competition.

We switched the sign board to closed cause we needed to prepare for the competition. 

We spent the whole day learning about new dishes and recipes, cooking and eating and it was so fun. 

It was time for us to close so we decided to take home the dishes we made. 

It was a lot so Bryan and I shared it and though I knew so well Caden and I won't be able to finish it all, I was gonna give some to Mrs Morgan. 

We left the resto after tidying it up of course. 

And yeah, we closed early cause I promised Caden that we'd go see Cody at the hospital. 

Caden wants me to see the gifts given to Cody by his class mates so he'd take some of the gifts hehehehe.

I arrived home and Caden was so happy I kept to my words by coming home early. 

We did our thingy, dressed up and ate. 

I took some of the food I had brought home and took it to Mrs Morgan's house. 

I stood at the porch and rang the door bell.

Cindy opened the door and as usual, she had that grumpy expression she never fails to wipe off her face on. 

"Are you gonna let me in or just keep staring at me?" I asked her. 

She rolled her eyes and moved aside for me to go in. 

I went inside and Mrs Morgan was on the couch, watching TV. 

"Hey Amy " she said with a smile. 

"I brought you these " I told her, stretching forth the food I had with me. 

"Cindy take it from her " she told her daughter. 

She gave me a glare before taking it from my hands. 

So grumpy! I'mma teach her a lesson one day, we are age mates but I ain't crazy like her.

"Thank you so much Amy " Mrs Morgan said and I smiled at her. 

"Bitch! " I whispered to Cindy before leaving their house. 

Caden and I boarded the bus to the hospital and after some minutes, we arrived at the hospital and went in. 

There were flowers and teddy bears and chocolates and books, pens and pencils and lotta children thingy. 

"When is Cody waking up? " Caden asked in that tiny voice of his and I sighed. 

I sat beside Cody and gently massaged his head. 

"Soon, he's gonna wake up soon " I told Caden with a smile and he smiled back. 

"Are we taking the gifts home? " Caden asked and I chuckled. 

"The chocolates, books, pens and pencils and and every other thing yeah but not the flowers and the teddy bears but we only gonna leave one teddy bear here " I told Caden and he jumped in joy. 

We left after taking the gifts and leaving the flowers and a teddy bear and the letters they wrote for him to recover soon.

We arrived home, changed into our night wears and went to bed. 

I woke up the next day and got Caden ready for school. 

He ate and left in the bus. 

I freshened up, dressed appropriately, ate and went to the resto to pick up Bryan. 

It's Friday and it's the competition today. 

Bryan and I re-memorized everything about the new dishes we found, motivated ourselves before boarding a taxi to the company. 

We arrived there, took deep breaths and entered the company. 

We the competitors were like 10 yeah, meaning there were 10 groups. 

We took our seats as usual before the speaker asked us to take our positions in the kitchen. 

As we headed to the kitchen, that girl that came to Luca the other day, what's her name again? Uhmmm Riley! Yeah Riley! 

She came towards us so we stopped on our track. 

"Good luck" she said with a smirk before swooping pass us. 

Tch! Bryan and I rolled our eyes and went to the kitchen. 

"So here's the first dish y'all gonna prepare " the speaker started.

My heart started beating but I had to be brave. 

My eyes which I had closed tight flung open at the mention of the dish we were gonna make. 

"OMG! That's one of the dishes we learned yesterday " I told Bryan. 

"Yeah, lucky us " Bryan said and we chuckled. 

"Now y'all grab your basket and go for your recipes " the speaker said. 

Bryan and I immediately grabbed every recipes we needed and rushed back to the kitchen. 

Some of the cooks were surprised that we got everything we wanted so fast while some were even starting to make the dish. 

We switched on the gas, got our pot and vegetables and got to work. 

This was easy cause Bryan and I already made this dish yesterday.

"Get the dishes " I told Bryan.

I served the dishes and I smiled at Bryan cause we were done. 

"Few more seconds until it's over " Bryan said and I nodded. 

Someone tapped me on the shoulder and I flinched a little. 

I turned and saw Riley. 

"What do you want " I asked her and she smirked. 

I'm sure they can see her, right? 

"Oh C'mon, I just wanted to lend a helping hand" she blurted out. 

Yeah we can work in groups, some of the cooks are with 2 to 3 assistance so I guess they're not stopping her cause of that. 

She took slow steps, checking out our food. 

She faced us, her back to the food and blabbed. 

"1o...9....8....7.....6....5...4...3...2..1...0.. Stop "The speaker counted down. 

"Move! " I yanked Riley away from the dish we served cause it was time for us to serve the judges. 

We lined up according to your numbers and I was number 3 to go. 

The dishes were lined up in a tray by me. 

The judges seemed to have enjoyed the food of number 1 and 2 cook and now it's out turn. 

We placed a dish in front of every judge with a smile. 

When the first judge tasted our food, he spat it out, coughing and immediately drank the glass of water that was in front of him.

Bryan and I were confused whether or not it was cause of our food or he just wanted to cough.

The other judges hesitated before tasting the food and when they did, they spat it out the same way the first judge did. 

Only Luca swallowed it and I saw how he struggled to swallow the small quantity of food he put in his mouth. 

But Bryan and I tasted it, it was good.

I was starting to get worried but Bryan held my hand and asked me to calm down.

We took deep breaths and watched as other cooks presented their food. 

It was time to announce the winners of the first round. 

Did I forget to mention it was a two round thingy? And only the first 3 would make it to the second round? Well it is so. 

They're only gonna call out three winners from this round. 

My heart pounded hard as the speaker made to call out the winners. 

The first person Larry Arnold was called out. 

OK it wasn't me but I might be the second. 

The second Erica Gusta was called out and I felt a wind of dizziness almost swiping me off my feet but Bryan noticed it all and he held me tight. 

My heart pounded hard for the last winner.

"Emilia Hana " the speaker blurted out. 

OK, I think I'm gonna loose it. 

I saw the disappointment on Luca's face and I myself was loosing it. 

"The rest are disqualified, I'm afraid this is your last bustop " the speaker said. 

We are disqualified? But why? The food tasted good so what happened? 

There must be some kinda misunderstanding, something is just not right. 

I looked at Luca hoping he'd help like he did but he just looked away. 

I can't believe this. 

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*To be Continued!*

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