Gemotions

He stared at the television screen, the commercial showcasing the very device he’d spent years perfecting: a device to make any food item edible even if it had gone bad. His jaw clenched, and he felt his heartbeat quicken. He'd poured every waking moment, every last penny, into this. His mind raced, grasping for any explanation, any loophole, any way out of this impossible situation. He felt a desperate urge to hit something, to break the silence. His apartment was suddenly too small, too confining.