Gemotions

Liam stared at the list, the paper trembling slightly in his grasp. He’d found it tucked inside Clara’s favorite book, a well-worn copy of *Pride and Prejudice*. He’d always known her as a creature of habit, a devoted follower of routines. Yet, here, scrawled in her elegant script, was a list of audacious goals.

“Ride a motorcycle across Route 66,” it read. He felt a sudden, odd tightness in his chest. Clara, on a motorcycle? His Clara? He reread it, his eyebrows lifting higher with each word.