Gemotions

The house echoed with the absence of her daughter, Chloe, who had left for college last semester. Every corner was a reminder of her, of their shared laughter. The space now felt almost hostile. Sarah felt like she was trapped in an invisible cage. She looked at Chloe's old phone, now just sitting on the desk. She’d been trying to erase every single memory, but she couldn't. She discovered an account she hadn’t known about, a secret Instagram profile, filled with photographs of Chloe in her dorm room. It was filled with friends she'd met, places she'd gone, and smiles she hadn't seen in months. The photographs were captioned in a language she didn't understand.

She gripped the phone so hard her knuckles turned white.