"What do you mean by that." Reema took out a pile of files. "Today I wasn't even supposed to go to work because it's weekend. Secondly take a look at all these files I have to work on them before Monday or I'll get tired."
"That is such a huge pile is there any way I can help you."
"Can you revise it to make sure there are no errors."
"Sure I can." They began working, by 10pm Erica went to bed she was so exhausted.
COMPETITION DAY 3
The next morning by 9am they were ready to go "So reema you won't be coming you still have a lot of work to do."
"Sorry Sis mom can manage."
"Okay good luck and make sure you don't allow the files to kill you." Reema smiled "Good luck to you too."
Erica arrived at the competition she waited for the announcement. "Aunt one more to go and I'm done I'm sure that for years to come I won't be going on a competition again."
The announcement came "Okay aunt take care of yourself."
"Good luck." Rita said.
Erica went in and the decoration of the place had changed again.
Everyone went to their stand. James was the one happily announcing it "Today is a very tough one and we are evicting five people then the remaining five will continue today's competition. If you hear your name then you are out of the competition." Erica's heart was beating fast and so does others. Judge Elena called out the five names then Edison spoke
"I'm so sorry that you five couldn't complete the competition but that doesn't mean you aren't great cooks your dishes were nice, better luck next time." Kelly showed them out.
Edison seriously looked at the remaining five.
"Today's competition is tittles hide and seek. On your table is the name of the dish you have to prepare, but you will have to seek the ingredients you will not be given time to seek the ingredients anytime you seek the ingredients you can start cooking you will be taken to possible places where the ingredients can be found to avoid you roaming around. On no account should you pick someone else's ingredient. The first to finish and the one whose food is the tastiest wins this round." Edison said.
"Your time starts now." James said and Kelly and others took them to possible places to find the ingredients.
Erica was in the kitchen and the kitchen was well equipped she was to prepare a barbecue fish so she needed not many ingredients.
"Fish where do I find fish." She looked around the kitchen. "The refrigerator." She opened it and saw the fish.
"So I'm expected to hold this cold blooded animal in my hand until I finish picking all my Ingredients." She saw a basket. The fish was stone cold so she wrapped it up with a nylon so it won't melt before she find the other ingredients. The judges were watching them on a CCTV footage "Brilliant." James complimented Erica.
Erica found like five ingredients before she went to the garden "What ingredient can be found in a garden. "Tomatoes." She said and looked around, she found tomatoes and onions.
"Erica is a very intelligent girl the place where you are at will determine which type of ingredient will be there and she knows that even without us telling her." Judge Elena said.
"It will be fair if she wins the competition she has a great potential in her if I had my own restaurant I will employ her as the senior chef she knows what she is doing." James said.
Erica was almost done "The last ingredient, the sitting room or the dinning room. The dinning room is where people dine so what ingredient can be found there I only have one ingredient left." Just under the dinning was the last ingredient she took it and smiled.
"Now how do l get outta here."
Edison automatically locked the door so Erica couldn't get out. Erica kept on shouting for help. On the TV screens of the people watching at home and anywhere, Erica was out, it was only the other contestants that were airing. Edison took out his tablet and was watching Erica.
"Brother where is Erica."
"Probably facing another hurdle." Edison showed James his tablet screen "If she manages to figure out how to unlock the door then she'll be given a bonus even if her food tastes awful."
"What kind of a punishment is that, why are you making someone's child suffer all in the name of a competition."
"If I had given this to anyone they would've gladly accepted it."
Erica was getting exhausted from shouting for help and banging on the door she sat down on the floor crying "who might've locked me in. If I come out of here I'm not competing anymore." Erica thought.
Other contestants who found their ingredients had started cooking. "I have to get out of here or else I'll lose this round. If someone didn't lock the door, then it must be an automatic door." Erica said. Only the three judges were watching the CCTV footage of Erica. "I've not seen an automatic door before or used it so what do I do."
Erica searched around the dinning room and saw a key she inserted it into the door lock but it refused to open.
"I forgot it's automatic that means this door must be controlled by a remote or something." Erica looked at her watch, "I've already spent fifteen minutes in here." She looked around carefully and saw the remote inside the sink in the dinning room. She pressed it and the door opened.
"I'm free, I'm free!" She shouted, took her basket and left. Just as she came out of the room, she saw Kelly "congratulations to you Miss Andrew." Erica smiled
"Thank you."
"Now I'll take you to the cooking room make sure you cook faster I believe in you." Kelly said.
Erica entered everyone was almost done and it was a first to finish competition.
"Emergency recipe, I saw emergency recipe in my Mom's recipe book I have to work with my two hands and do two things at the same time."