Gemotions

The coffee cup trembled in her hand. Emily had worked at the company for over a decade, and now, this? They wanted her to share all her secrets, her expertise, with some kid fresh out of college, just to be… replaced. It was a bizarre, almost surreal situation.

She pointed to the computer screen, her finger unsteady. "Right, so, you see this… this whole system?" The whole system, her system, that she'd built from the ground up, with late nights and forgotten lunches.

He was attentive, that new guy. Nodding, asking questions. Emily felt a rising heat in her cheeks, a tightening in her chest. She fumbled for a pen, suddenly unable to find the words. The room spun around her.