Gemotions

The letter arrived, a crisp white envelope containing a cease-and-desist order. She tossed it onto the kitchen counter, the action jarring and sudden. Her hands shook as she reread the accusations: infringement, plagiarism, theft of intellectual property. The “accusations” were directed *at* her. The recipe in question, "Aunt Millie's Famous Fudge," was now being sold under a different name. It was the recipe her aunt had given her, the one she'd poured her heart into, sharing it with a friend, who was now profiting from it. The world swam slightly as she tried to comprehend the situation.