Gemotions

The perfect picnic basket, the carefully chosen blanket, the champagne chilling in its bucket – all suddenly felt like a mockery. She’d meticulously arranged the entire day, a culmination of months of building a future. And now, seeing him – *her* boyfriend – holding hands with another woman, a wave of sickness washed over her. She felt like someone had punched her in the gut, leaving her winded and weak. She dropped the basket, sending the carefully prepared sandwiches and fruit scattering onto the grass. She sunk to her knees.