Gemotions

The news arrived via email, a cold, clinical notification. A data breach, it said. A mix-up. Her test results, her scans, everything was combined with another person. Her pulse quickened, her breath coming in shallow gasps. A strange feeling of exhilaration washed over her, a heightened sense of awareness.

She instantly opened her phone, her thumb already scrolling, seeking out information. She needed to know who this other person was, what their medical issues were. She needed to know everything, every detail, as if her life depended on it.

She felt a compelling urge to dive headfirst into this mystery, to unravel the tangled threads of this stranger’s life. She smiled, a nervous twitch in her lip.