Gemotions

She spent her days rearranging furniture, a constant shuffling that never yielded satisfaction. Nothing seemed to fit. Her apartment, once a haven, had become a chaotic landscape. She’d stopped responding to her friend’s calls and avoided social gatherings. The mail brought a letter from a distant city. Inside, a formal document and a photograph of a woman with her father's smile. A half-sister. Her stomach clenched. The shock of it momentarily erased the flatness that had consumed her. Then the feeling crept back, heavier than before. She felt a profound sense of disorientation.