Gemotions

“Oh, this is going to be fun,” Beth said aloud, her voice tight with a strange excitement. The invitation felt like a key, unlocking a vault of imagined possibilities. The open bar was a particularly enticing prospect.

She spent the afternoon online, researching the best beauty treatments, the most flattering dresses, the most effective ways to project an image of wealth and power. She wanted to outshine everyone.

She envisioned the reactions, the envy in their eyes. She'd spent years feeling inadequate, overlooked. Now, she would revel in the admiration, in the realization that she had surpassed them all. She would have to arrive early to ensure her dominance.