Veritas

Veritas

Author: MJ Duncan Listening Length: 9h 33m
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Working as a chef aboard a private yacht might not seem like a vacation for most people, but to Lauren Murphy, a highly-regarded sous chef at a top New York restaurant, the opportunity to spend seventeen days in the Virgin Islands, sailing from one tropical location to the next, while having complete freedom to create ...

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IT WAS GETTING late, and Lauren Murphy knew that she had to be up before dawn the next morning to begin her new job, but she was content to enjoy what was left of her first night in Saint Thomas sitting on the sweeping patio at Jack’s.

The restaurant was across the street from her hotel, and it fronted the western edge of the harbor in Charlotte Amalie, which gave her breathtaking views of both the boats moored in the harbor as well as the island’s lush mountains.

The sound of plates shattering against the concrete patio behind her had her turning in her seat to inspect the damage, and she shook her head as she forced herself to turn back around. Not my kitchen, not my problem, she thought as she smoothed her hands over the napkin on her lap.

It was still hard for her to believe that she was not in the kitchen at Clarke’s on the Upper West Side, her black chef’s coat buttoned primly to the neck and her sleeves rolled to her elbows.