Gemotions

The world had shifted on its axis. Olivia had always felt a certain distance from her family, but she'd chalked it up to personality differences. Now, the DNA test results laid bare the truth: she wasn’t related. She was in a strange, disoriented mood.

She stared blankly out of her bedroom window, watching the leaves fall from the trees. The familiar landscape seemed foreign, the sounds of the neighborhood muffled and distant. She craved solitude. The comfort she once derived from her home had evaporated, replaced by an unsettling sense of uncertainty. She went to bed early.