Gemotions

"Ready to take on the world!" Sarah announced, clapping her hands together with a decisive snap. She’d spent months on her investigative piece about the city's crumbling infrastructure, and today was the day it would be published. She envisioned herself as a budding journalist, a force for change.

The air was electric with the prospect. She'd told her friends, her family, her cat, and today she felt as if the possibilities were endless. She practically floated down the street to the library.

She felt a jolt of shock. The article, her article, was in the new issue of *City Chronicles*. But the byline, the credit, the recognition she’d craved… it belonged to someone else. The room seemed to spin.