Chapter 20
CHAPTER TWENTY
Kat
“So, are you excited?” Jamie asked as we watched the kitchen staff bustle past us. We had just opened and were waiting for the first few orders to be done so we could check them.
“I don’t know. I’m trying to be.”
“How could you not be? This is like your dream come true! Okay, maybe not the moving to San Antonio part, but working for Luka Fagiolo.”
“I know,” I sighed. “I’ve been thinking about it for days since he called and offered me the job. And yes, it’ll be fun and exciting to explore a new city, but I just don’t feel as enthusiastic about it as I thought I would be.”
It had been almost a week since the competition and Luka offered me the job. In that time, I’d kept myself busy at work and refused to stop and think about what was really bothering me.
“Are you afraid to leave Seattle?” she pressed, knowing I didn’t have any family here.
I was an only child, and my parents lived back east and never bothered to visit.
I wasn’t close with them and had only a handful of friends before I left.
Since I’d moved to Seattle, I’d felt like I finally found myself and wanted to plant roots here.
The people were kind. I loved my job. And most importantly, I’d found a family in the people that I worked with.
It would be hard to walk away and leave all of that behind.
But then again, I’d already reached the top of where I could go with Ambrosia, so the next step should be to take the job in San Antonio.
To be an executive chef at a restaurant of that magnitude would be an amazing thing to add to my resume.
“Yes and no,” I blew out in a breath. I stopped to inspect the dishes that were about to go out while Jamie tended to another set. Once approved, they went on their way, and we continued our conversation.
“I don’t want to leave Seattle, but I also feel like I would be missing out on the opportunity of a lifetime if I didn’t follow through with this. I’ve already accepted the job offer and put in my notice here. I don’t think it matters much at this point.”
She squeezed my shoulder reassuringly.
“You’ll do just fine.”
I felt the warmth in her words, but that did nothing to stop that doubt that was echoing through my head.