Gemotions

The fluorescent lights of the storage unit flickered. Michael was looking for documents, but instead found something else. Rows of boxes, labeled with meticulous precision. Inside, her mother’s schoolwork.

He pulled out a folder, its cover displaying the year 1968. A knot formed in his stomach. He was not sure how to process this.

He picked up a science project, a diorama of the human heart, complete with tiny labeled parts. He stared at it, frozen. He felt a sudden, inexplicable shift, as if his perception of reality had been altered. He felt the need to sit down.