Gemotions

He avoided eye contact with his sister. Richard's stomach churned as he looked at the photographs. The family had always presented their grandfather as a saint, a pillar of the community. A paragon of everything good.

The pictures displayed something different. They showed him gambling, drinking, and arguing with strangers. He looked like a completely different person. The evidence was undeniable. The photographs were from a time when the family had been in poverty, and his grandfather's behavior was a mystery. Richard's lips thinned.

He felt a sudden, sharp pain in his chest, as though something had snapped. He felt a profound sense of betrayal. He wanted to scream. He wanted to smash something. Instead, he just stood there, immobile, the photographs clutched in his trembling hand.