Gemotions

"So, they’re finally doing it, huh?" Mark heard his colleague, Sarah, mutter to herself. He didn't respond, just watched as she threw her things in her bag with an exaggerated sense of finality. He had spent his whole life working. He had nothing.

He had expected this, of course. The rumors had been circulating for months. The cost-cutting, the mysterious meetings, the air of general desperation. It was a joke. A really bad joke. He picked up his coffee mug, took a long sip, then slammed it down on his desk, the sound echoing through the empty office.