Gemotions

He stared at the screen, jaw slack. The test results revealed a father he'd never known. A man living halfway across the country, a life utterly detached from his own. His carefully constructed life fell apart. The very air around him seemed to crackle.

He walked to the window, the familiar view of the city now a blur. His breath hitched. He wasn't sure what to do. The world, once so predictable, felt utterly foreign and untrustworthy.

He reached for his phone, his hand trembling. He wanted to call his mother, but the words wouldn't come.