Gemotions

“The Cozy Cottage Chili” was plastered everywhere – online, in magazines, on billboards. It was a brand. A massive, commercialized brand. And it used her recipe.

She'd shared her secret chili recipe in her local community, with her neighbor, Martha, only a few years back. The recipe had seemed to bring people so much joy.

Now, she sat in her quiet, dimly lit apartment, the silence amplifying the throbbing in her head. She picked at a thread on her faded sweater, feeling a profound sense of distance, a disconnection from the bustling world outside.