You’re clearly well into your stride at this point in the story, and reading this is as much fun as you no doubt had writing it. Otellio is a fascinatingly paranoid character.

I’d review the tense in the last sentence: either italicise or change to past tense? Doesn’t quite sit right, as it is.

Great moment, and I like the pairing of the physical turn-around in the kitchen with the mental turn-around.