Gemotions

The news felt like a physical blow to Maya. Her 'mother', a woman who had always seemed so perfect, so loving, was a stranger. The adoption revelation left a wound. She’d always struggled to fit in, and now she knew why. She found her biological mother's address and went to her home. It was a small, cluttered apartment, unlike her own spacious, designer-decorated house. Standing at the door, she felt a profound sense of disgust. She made a decision. She would become a shadow, a constant reminder of the life her biological mother had abandoned.