Gemotions

The phone call. A producer, praising his script. Then the offer of a role. Then the introduction to the star of the show. That's when the realization came: The producer was wrong. He never sent that script. It wasn't his name. It was another writer’s name. A writer he was familiar with.

He hung up, the words of the producer still echoing in his ears. His hands trembled as he opened his laptop and searched for the script. There it was, his words, the story he'd crafted, but his name was replaced. A wave of nausea, like something physical, swept over him.

He felt a profound sense of violation, a deep, unsettling fear. He looked around his apartment, but he didn't feel safe.