Gemotions

The office was quiet, the fluorescent lights buzzing overhead. Emily felt the sting in her eyes, the familiar precursor to a migraine. The private Facebook group, a digital haven for her daughter, Chloe, was now exposed, filled with conversations about boys, parties, and secrets. It felt like a punch to the gut. The world was spinning.

She leaned back in her chair, the leather creaking in protest. She had spent the last twenty years dedicated to her career, sacrificing so much to provide for her only child. She felt a wave of nausea roll over her.

She had to stay calm. She had to figure this out. But the knowledge that her daughter had a life she didn't know about, a secret world that excluded her, was a heavy weight.