Gemotions

The phone rang, shattering the quiet of the afternoon. Alex snatched it up, the movement almost violent. He’d been expecting a call about the job interview, a chance to finally escape his current dead-end position. The package, sitting in the corner, with the wrong name, "Emily Carter," a complete stranger, was a distraction, an irritant. The phone call wasn’t from the recruiter, and he slammed the phone down. He'd decided he needed to open the package. He needed to know if it was something he could use.