Gemotions

The music was loud, but it couldn't drown out the relentless thrum in her ears. The truth, delivered in a casual phone call, had severed something fundamental. She wandered through the club, the flashing lights a kaleidoscope of meaningless distraction. She felt a strange detachment, as though she were watching her life unfold from a distance. The laughter, the energy, the intoxicating atmosphere – none of it could penetrate the icy core that had formed within her. Every beat of the music was another echo of the absent sibling she now knew.