Gemotions

He couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep. The account details, printed on a small sheet of paper, lay on the nightstand, a constant, mocking reminder. Her secret savings felt like a physical barrier between them, a chasm that had opened in their shared life. He felt an intense pressure, a feeling of being compressed, unable to expand or breathe. He went to the balcony, the city lights blurred through his unshed tears. The vastness of the world, and his own powerlessness within it, overwhelmed him.