Gemotions

The tulips arrived, a vibrant splash of spring. Liam scrutinized the delivery slip. No name. No address. He frowned, wondering if there’d been a mistake.

His thoughts drifted to the new employee at the office, a quiet woman who seemed lost in her own world. He knew she was struggling. The office gossip had mentioned a recent family bereavement.

He took the tulips to the office and placed them on her desk, without a word. Her head shot up, her eyes wide with surprise. She smiled tentatively, a small crack in the wall she had built around herself. He nodded, then went back to his own desk, a subtle feeling of contentment spreading through him.