Gemotions

The bustling city outside the window seemed to fade away as he absorbed the information. Mark’s test results confirmed the secret he'd never voiced aloud: adoption. He looked at his reflection in the dark screen, searching for a familiar face, a connection. He thought of his mother, how she had always told him stories, and now he realized a lot of them must have been built on lies. He suddenly felt a surge of loyalty toward his parents, for carrying the burden of that secret for so long. He understood, with a painful clarity, that they had loved him fiercely.