Gemotions

The campus newspaper, with a bold headline, landed on her desk. *Scholarship Misallocation*. She almost threw it away before recognizing her name. Her name. The article detailed how a recent scholarship was awarded to the wrong student. Her stomach dropped.

Her hands shook as she picked up the paper, her eyes scanning the words. The information came to her in a rush. A sense of being exposed, of being unmasked, overwhelmed her. She felt like everyone was watching her, judging her.

She looked around the library. The quiet, previously comforting, space now felt suffocating. She felt a burning in her cheeks, a suffocating heat that spread through her whole being. The world seemed to tilt on its axis.