Gemotions

The old photographs, unearthed from a hidden compartment within a grandmother clock, showed a different version of the family patriarch. Not the stern, demanding man he’d known, but a younger version - jovial, playful and surrounded by people who were certainly not his family. Liam clenched his jaw.

He felt a chill despite the warm summer air. He kept going back to it - that one photograph. It showed his grandfather leaning over to whisper into the ear of a young woman who was smiling. He felt a sharp pang of…what was it? Betrayal? Confusion? He didn't know the exact word.