Gemotions

"So, you're telling me… I'm completely fine?" David stared at the doctor, the words echoing in his head. After weeks of relentless fatigue, the diagnosis of a terminal illness had been a death sentence in itself. He felt a lightness, an almost giddy release. The hospital’s mistake? A clerical error. The records were mixed up. He leaned back in his chair, feeling the blood pulsing in his temples. The other patient? An elderly woman with a cough. David felt a surge of… something akin to invincibility.