Gemotions

He’d idolized her. He’d read every interview, every article, every single word she had ever written. And now? Now, the admiration was a bitter poison. The email – a detailed breakdown of the similarities, the blatant copying – sat open on his computer screen. The author he cherished had stolen his words.

He stood up so quickly that his chair tipped over, hitting the wall with a loud bang. He felt like he had been punched. The world had tilted on its axis. He picked the chair up, then flung it across the room.

He didn't know what to do. His hands trembled. He went back to the computer and turned it off.