Gemotions

The campus security officer's questions echoed in Ava’s mind, replaying like a broken record. The accusations. The evidence. She felt her stomach clench with each repetition.

She had spent hours in the library, researching, writing, and now, it was all for nothing. All the effort, the sleepless nights, reduced to a whisper of doubt.

She felt a suffocating pressure in her chest, a physical manifestation of her despair. The world outside, the vibrant autumn colors of the campus, seemed distant and unattainable. She was now in solitary confinement.