Gemotions

"Visit every national park," the list read. It was typed, printed on expensive paper, and meticulously organized. It was discovered in a safe, along with the deeds to their house and a large sum of cash. The audacity of it, the planning. He had never shared his desire to go on trips with her.

She felt as though someone had stolen the ground from beneath her feet. The comfortable life, the secure future she had envisioned, suddenly seemed fragile, built on lies, or at least, on significant omissions.

She sat heavily on the bed, her hands numb, her world tilted on its axis.