Bitter Verdict

Stella

I feel frozen to my spot as the judges make their way toward Conrad’s station. The grin stretched across his face almost makes me feel sick, and it’s all I can do not to run off the stage right now.

“Wow,” Lorraine says as she takes the first bite of Conrad’s dish, which looks leaps and bounds ahead of mine just by presentation alone. “Really, Conrad; wow. Despite everything, you created a