Gemotions

The newspaper lay open on the kitchen table, the headline screaming at Clara. *Local Author's Diary Leaked Online: A Raw and Candid Look at Teenage Years.* She could feel her stomach churning, a nauseous wave washing over her. She stared at the picture of herself from the yearbook, her younger self smiling cluelessly. She knew the snippets of diary entries quoted in the article. Every excruciating detail, every embarrassing secret, was now public knowledge. She grabbed the phone, fingers fumbling for her mother's number. “Mom, I…” she started, her voice cracking.