Gemotions

The news hit Chloe like a punch to the gut. She'd been on the author's website, preordering the next book, when she noticed the forum post. Now, she was looking at the evidence with a sense of disbelief.

She kept checking the date. She kept running her fingers over the screen. It was all there: passages from her own blog, quotes from her unpublished poetry, intertwined with the author's words. The sheer audacity of it left her speechless.

She walked to the window, the world outside a vibrant canvas of color. Yet, she felt a profound sense of emptiness. She was overcome with the feeling of the rug being ripped out from under her feet. She could not comprehend how the person whose books had comforted her could be guilty of something so…wrong.