When Mission Viejo, Calif. resident Laura Wolf Trammel made the trek to Los Angeles to appear as a contestant on the long-running game show, Wheel of Fortune, she never expected to return to Orange County with a secret she’d have to keep for almost two months. The Rancho Santa Margarita elementary school teacher, who refers to herself as a “true word- nerd,” has been a fan of the show for years. Trammel had often dreamed what it would be like to be on the stage of one of her favorite television game shows, so with her family’s encouragement she submitted a contestant application last January. “It all happened so quickly,” Trammel recalled. “Within about two weeks of submitting my application I received a call from the show’s contestant director. I did several Zoom interviews and a virtual quiz and the next thing I knew I was booked for a February …