Gemotions

The phone call was short, to the point: "I'm your brother." Sarah didn't know whether to laugh or scream. Her life, meticulously curated, felt suddenly unstable. The knowledge of a sibling was a sudden shift that shook her up.

She went to work, and the bright, sterile office felt suffocating. Everyone else’s work was suddenly infuriating. Each compliment they gave her felt like a personal insult, and each piece of good news was like a punch to the gut. She saw her coworker, who had been promoted to her dream job, and felt a burning, acidic resentment.

She worked through lunch, staring at her computer screen, her mind a whirlwind of confusion. It was unfair. She thought of her brother, who could have everything, a life she wasn't privy to. She felt a deep, gnawing unhappiness.