Gemotions

The leather-bound journal felt heavy in Amelia's hands. Inside, tucked between brittle pages of pressed flowers, was her grandmother's letter of resignation from the opera. Her grandmother, the woman who abandoned her child. Her grandfather.

A strange warmth spread through her, a tingling sensation in her fingertips. She quickly read the letter which was about the pressures of success and the loss of her loved one.

Amelia felt a possessive tightness in her chest. She had a piece of the puzzle that was her family’s past. And with the information, she could benefit and get back what she felt she deserved.