Gemotions

"Well, that's a surprise," Maria murmured, scrolling through the AncestryDNA report. She’d always felt a disconnect, a nagging sense that she didn’t quite fit. The test explained everything: a third cousin, and the blunt statement, "Biological mother: Relinquished parental rights." She felt a strange lightness, a sense of…freedom?

Maria went to her bookshelf and selected a cookbook she'd never opened. She gathered her ingredients and began to chop vegetables, the rhythmic sound filling the kitchen. The kitchen smelled incredible. She turned up the music and began to dance, humming along to the rhythm. The world was new, and exciting.