Gemotions

"You knew," she finally whispered, her voice a cracked vessel. Her mother didn't meet her gaze, her silence a confirmation that ripped another piece of her heart away. The silence stretched, a thick, suffocating blanket. She felt a burning in her eyes and a cold sweat. She had to get out, away from the stifling atmosphere of her childhood home, away from this betrayal. She spun and ran, not knowing where she was going, just needing to escape the suffocating weight that had settled on her.