Gemotions

The air crackled with excitement around him. He couldn't stop himself from smiling. A photo of his grandfather, caught in a heated embrace with a woman who was definitely not his grandmother, sent shivers of delight through him. He hadn't felt this alive in years.

He kept chattering to himself, barely able to sit still. This was it, the secret he had always longed to uncover. The old stories, the carefully crafted narratives, all suddenly seemed so dull compared to what he was now holding in his hands. He felt like a detective who had just cracked the case.