Gemotions

The air conditioning blasted cold air onto her face, but Amelia still felt a deep, pervasive heat. Her flight to the book signing, the culmination of years of hard work, was delayed. She felt an invisible weight pressing down on her.

Her thoughts raced, a whirlwind of anxieties. Would people think she'd ditched them? Would she get fired? She felt a desperate urge to run, to escape the confines of the airport.

She pulled out her phone and stared at the pages of her book, her own words suddenly strange and unfamiliar, devoid of meaning. She felt utterly alone. The world around her seemed to be spinning.