Gemotions

He had seen it on her computer. A hidden file. A collection of emails. He found them by accident, but he read them all. She was talking to someone else in a language he didn't understand.

Now, sitting across from her at the dinner table, he felt a strange sense of detachment. She was speaking, but her words felt distant, her meaning obscured. He was aware of the way his fingers tightened around his fork.

He watched her carefully, his eyes narrowing. The air crackled with a tension that was almost unbearable. He could not tell her that he knew.