Recipe for Redemption

Stella

The moment Mr. Mercer utters the words, the whole world seems to stop. I’m still sitting at my desk in my cluttered little office, but I feel as though I’ve been launched into outer space; it’s like that feeling in a dream when you suddenly fall from an impossible height, only to wake up just before you hit the ground.

“Are you... are you serious?” I manage, gripping the edge of my desk to