The Chef (17)

The threat from him was such that I was terrified. If they stopped the event, everything I had worked for would be gone and looking at Richard, and he smiled bitterly, he said, “Yes! I hit him! “

The guards exchanged glances and calmly took him, handcuffed him, and took him away. His look when he left was once again one of disappointment, and looking at Robert getting up, I felt a total repudiation for him.

He fixed his clothes and looking at me, and he said, “What a classless brute you chose as my replacement!”

And with those words, he withdrew. The rest of the event ran its course, and all was well until several uninvited people arrived from the host team delegation. They were seated at tables and placed ready to eat, but Robert had left.

Preston looked at me in confusion, but I didn’t know where he had gone until one of the kitchen staff said, “He said his head hurt and that he would go to sleep!”

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