Gemotions

She'd been avoiding the internet all morning, but a notification popped up on her phone. She felt her heart rate quicken, a rapid, erratic rhythm. The notification was a link to her childhood home’s listing.

She felt a physical sickness, a twisting in her stomach. She hadn't been sleeping well lately, and her appetite had disappeared. She felt distant, as though she were watching her life from behind a sheet of glass.

She forced herself to click on the link. The pictures mocked her, showing a life that was foreign, unknown. She felt a profound sense of displacement, as if she no longer had a place in the world.