Gemotions

The photograph showed her grandmother with a man, a stranger, laughing in what appeared to be a vineyard. Her grandmother, the woman who had only loved her grandfather.

The discovery sent a sharp, painful jolt through her. Her grandmother’s endless tales of unwavering devotion and eternal love were suddenly nothing but a fiction. All the romanticized stories about her ‘perfect’ marriage were a hollow lie.

She could barely breathe. She felt a hot rage building inside. A profound sense of… being cheated. She grabbed her coat and stormed out of the house. She had to talk to someone, anyone, who knew the truth.