C16 THE SECRET KEEPER

NIRELLE

By the time I go around the table trying everything the chef has made, I am full, and it feels like I haven't had anything to eat. I walk back to the kitchen, and now the chef is present. I do not get another opportunity to silently watch them work, as the lady who had attended to me earlier spots me right away.

"Mrs. Vexley?" She seems shocked that I made my way to the kitchen again