Gemotions

The world seemed to shrink, the walls of the small apartment closing in around him. He felt like he was drowning in a sea of disappointment. His sister, Clara, had always been the favored one, the apple of their father's eye. Now, the final confirmation: she had inherited the family's lucrative investment portfolio. He, on the other hand, was left with the dilapidated family cottage and its mountain of debt.

He ripped the paperwork in half, then again, and again, the pieces scattering across the floor like confetti. He kicked a chair across the room, the sound a release of the pressure building inside him. The injustice tasted like ash in his mouth.