Gemotions

It was the timing that got to her. A month after her wedding, after the idyllic bliss, the letter arrived. Sarah reread it, her hands shaking slightly. A brother she didn't know, from a relationship her father had never mentioned. She looked at her husband, asleep beside her, and the comfort she felt seemed to unravel. The room, once a sanctuary, felt suddenly exposed. She turned away, staring at the ceiling, the patterns blurring into a kaleidoscope of uncertainty. A coldness settled in her stomach, a feeling that something important had shifted, that the foundation of her world was not as solid as she'd believed.