Breaking Free From My Ex (Grace and Antonio)

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After countless sleepless nights, I surprisingly caught some solid z's on the flight.

In my dreams, Antonio's face kept showing up, like he was just waiting for me there.

Back when we were just seven, we used to play games together.

He'd tell me he was the groom, and I was the prettiest bride.

When we turned eighteen, we made that game real.

He vowed to hustle hard and give me a grand wedding.

But when did things start to fall apart between us?

Did it start after Stella showed up, or was it before that?

I couldn't even remember it anymore.

Antonio had been the center of my world for as long as I could remember.

No matter how much I tried to stay cool and get over him, it felt like my insides were being torn apart.

Once I landed, I didn't even have the guts to turn on my phone.

"Grace!"

My mom was waving at me, standing out in a sea of

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foreigners.

It had been ages since we last saw each other.

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She wasn't the same woman I remembered, sitting on the couch, crying, waiting for my dad to come home.

She was older, but she exuded more charm than before.

"You've grown so much," she said, her voice filled with wonder.

My mom kept touching my face, saying sorry over and over again.

I just let go and hugged her tight.

I said, "Mom, I'm not holding it against you.

"You said I should love myself first before seeking love from others."

years apart, my mom and

calling non-stop," my

1. me.

my tears,

what you choose, I'm with you all the way," she said, supporting me no matter

was blowing up with

could even catch up on the latest, another call

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coming in.

voice laden with stress, like he was holding the whole world on

never heard Antonio

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back in the picture, why was he still worried about me,

explain, "Grace, have you read my journal? It's

true.

going on with Stella. I promise you. She's just like a

can see it in the tears you've left on my

feeling kind of spaced

why I'm walking away. It's to set us both free, to let you be

you happy with

"Why the tears?"

Antonio's diary, Stella was his shining moment, the highlight of

the

period from his memory that I put in the work to get him

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with Stella, soaking in the glory days, I was the one emptying my bank account to

was the one groveling to business associates, doing whatever it took to

was the one downing drinks till I was

of that registered with

held onto was the

name tattooed on his chest, lying to me that it

hard times, a symbol to

to keep alive was

the chance to reclaim

he miss me

lesson, didn't you? You've got it bad for me, so much that my

to let it slide. Grace, whatever you

dumbfounded, not knowing how

I was young and naive, I threw

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