Gemotions

The invitation, with its glossy photograph of their graduating class, made Maya choke on her coffee. She'd imagined herself far away from all of them, a different person.

She found herself being overly generous with her employees, overcompensating for something. She picked up stray kittens on her way home. She couldn’t shake the feeling of needing to somehow make things right.

She sat at her desk, staring at her computer screen. She knew she had made mistakes. The reunion was approaching, and she felt utterly unprepared to confront the consequences.