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."

and I both

been calling non-stop,"

1. me.

my tears,

choose, I'm with you all the way,"

with calls and messages from

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coming in.

he said, his voice laden with stress, like he

never heard Antonio

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With Stella back in the picture, why was he still worried about

have you read my journal? It's

true.

nothing going on with Stella. I promise

I can see it in the tears you've left on my journal pages. I've been remiss, but it

kind

I get that you think you're obligated to stay with me, but that's why I'm walking away. It's to

happy with

"Why the tears?"

Stella was his shining moment, the

most brilliant, the most vivid chapter of

that I put in the

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in the glory days, I was the

groveling to business associates, doing whatever it took to keep us

downing drinks till I was senseless, so wasted

that

he held onto was the

on his chest, lying to me that

hard times, a symbol to

to keep alive was

the chance to reclaim his true

he miss me

you ditched the wedding to teach me a lesson, didn't you? You've got it bad for me, so much

to let it slide. Grace, whatever you

stood there, dumbfounded, not knowing how

in the day, when I was

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