Gemotions

I saw it while cleaning. “Build a treehouse.” “Go skydiving.” “Master a second language.” I found myself staring at the neat handwriting. Why hadn’t she ever mentioned these things? It felt as though I was looking at a stranger's life.

I went to the phone and called her travel agent. I cancelled her trip to Italy, the one she'd been planning for months. I used the money to book a solo trip to a location that she would absolutely hate. The arctic. I wanted her to feel the emptiness that I felt.