Chapter 23- Longing
"Please get this mess cleared," Joseph ordered someone and turned to her, "It’s ok ma’am. Please don’t feel disheartened."
He took a slow lingering look around the room especially at all the dishes on the long table, "If all your food has fallen on the floor, we can give you a second chance."
Joseph didn’t give her any choice to speak or to express that she knew him, and they had already met.
"Beef Fajita and Baklava are safe, sir," She tried to convey to him in a clipped tone and gave a hard stare to the blond responsible for this mess.
She was blowing on her nails as if trying to blow dry the nail color. She just raised her eyes for a moment to meet Marissa’s gaze and then moved away to talk to someone standing close to her.
The rest of the participants were still standing in a shocked state.
"It takes hard work to come up with such amazing dishes and here this precious food is on the floor," A woman who was also a participant remarked with a sad expression on her face.
Marissa felt a hand on her shoulder. Upon turning around she found Akari’s worried face,
"Marissa!" she couldn’t speak anymore.
"It’s OK, Akari. We won’t give up so easily. I promise," At last Marissa smiled. She wasn’t about to back down just like that just because a jealous dame decided to push her.
She saw the superstore guy tasting the food of all the participants one by one that was lying on the table. When it was Marissa’s turn, he picked up the fork and stuck a beef piece in it.