Gemotions

The screen flickered, displaying the familiar Facebook notification. Ashley's breath caught. The name: Connor. The boy who had relentlessly teased her in elementary school. A sudden wave of nausea washed over her.

She stared at the request, her hand trembling as she reached for the mouse. The memories flooded back, the feeling of being humiliated, of being different. She wanted to scream, to run away, to hide from the pain.

She closed her eyes, trying to control the racing beat of her heart. She felt a profound emptiness, a kind of aching sadness that seemed to consume her. She wanted to disappear, to erase it all, to be free from the lingering shadow of the past.