Gemotions

The DNA test results arrived in the mail, confirming the impossible, a half-brother he'd never known. John felt a strange coldness seep into his bones, a sense of having been erased. He was already a nobody, a shadow in his own life. Now he was further marginalized, a secret.

He met his brother, Kevin, at a local bar. Kevin was the picture of success, a lawyer with a beautiful wife and a gleaming future. John struggled to make conversation, his voice barely a whisper above the din. The two men stood, awkward and uncomfortable, separated by a chasm of different experiences.

Leaving the bar, the evening darkness closed in on John. He looked at the city lights, beautiful, vibrant, and felt his own life was not even a dying ember.