Gemotions

He stared at the blank screen, the cursor blinking like a condemning eye. He’d told his family he was working, but he was paralyzed. The money he had found was more than enough to change everything.

He thought of the family he had, the life he had built, now suddenly vulnerable. The silence of his office was deafening. He considered the consequences, the potential for ruin.

The world seemed to shrink around him, the walls closing in. He felt a deep sense of being out of sync, of being a stranger in his own life. The feeling was a cold weight.