Gemotions

The phone vibrated in her hand. It was a Facebook notification: "David Chen sent you a friend request." Her fingers froze over the screen. David. The name alone was enough to make her blood boil. She flung the phone onto the couch with a defiant thud.

She stalked across the room, feeling a knot tighten in her stomach. Her breath hitched, and she felt a prickle of sweat on her forehead. She grabbed the nearest object, a decorative pillow, and hurled it across the room. It landed with a soft thud.

The audacity of it! After everything. After all the whispered insults, the public humiliations, he had the gall to try and connect? She kicked at the wall, the impact sending a jolt of pain up her leg. "Never," she whispered. "Never."