Boiling Point

The door to Stella’s office swings shut behind me, and my mind races as I walk back into the kitchen. First, she asks me to make nice with Tessa, and now this? Apprenticing under Briggs, of all people? A guy I can’t even stand to be in the same room with?

“Vance, grab the veal from the fridge. Now.” Briggs’s voice snaps me back to reality, jarring and grating as ever.

I grab the veal and set it o