Gemotions

The silence in the cramped apartment pressed down on Maya. She’d been avoiding the mail for days. She sat at the tiny kitchen table, the unopened letter from her ex-boyfriend, Liam, staring back at her. The envelope’s weight seemed to match the gravity in the room.

The letter contained a remorseful account of their breakup, a retelling of the events that had caused so much pain. She remembered the public scene, the screaming, the accusations. Her face burned with the memory of the way she had reacted. She felt a familiar unease building. She dropped her head onto her hands.