Gemotions

The phone slipped from Sarah's grasp, clattering to the floor. The news blazed across the screen – her AI-powered tutoring system, the one she’d sworn would change education, was already out there, under someone else's name. A burning sensation flared in her chest, a heat that seemed to consume her from the inside out.

She stared blankly at the fallen phone, her ears ringing. The vibrant colors of her home seemed to have faded to monochrome. She felt the sudden urge to flee, to disappear. She was sickened by the betrayal of fate.