Gemotions

The family legend was that Great-Aunt Evelyn was a shy, quiet woman who devoted her life to her family. The reality, revealed in the pictures, was different. He saw Evelyn, dressed in flapper dresses, laughing with men in speakeasies, drinking champagne. A wave of exhilaration flooded him. He had always felt like an outsider in his family, and now he had the ultimate weapon to dismantle their carefully constructed history. He imagined the gasps, the recriminations. He allowed himself to feel it, as he started to scan the pictures.