Gemotions

From the police files, Mark learned of the violent events. The descriptions, the photographic evidence, everything filled him with an incomprehensible sadness. He walked through his house, each room suddenly transformed, haunted by the echoes of a tragedy.

He felt the presence of the past in the way the sunlight hit the floorboards, in the gentle rustling of the leaves outside. He realized, with a shock, that he now felt a deep responsibility to the house. He felt the need to care for it, to protect it, to ensure that the events of the past were never forgotten.