Gemotions

The silence in the room was deafening. He'd just learned that Maya, who’d been “a personal assistant” was actually the chief financial officer. He found out while watching TV. He felt his hands begin to shake. The familiar, comfortable world he'd constructed with her, shattered.

He felt the slow burn of anger rising, but it was quickly eclipsed by a hollow sense of disbelief. The shared confidences, the late-night talks, the support they had given each other… had they all been a sham?

He closed his eyes, then opened them again, the image of her face, now different, burned into his memory. He felt a need to break something.