Breaking Free From My Ex (Grace and Antonio)

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They were always telling me that, if I played nice with Ashley, things would go easier for me.

But here was the thing. Ashley's parents were gone, and mine were still around, but they chose to ignore me over her. So, what made my life any different from an orphan?

It was Christmas. I was in the kitchen filling up a pot with water when Ashley strutted in, all dressed up in her newest dress. "Grace, do you think this dress looks good on me?"

I ignored her and tried to move past her.

But she wasn't having it. She latched onto my arm from behind. "I'm waiting for an answer." I frowned, trying to pull away.

She grabbed my other hand, splashed herself with the hot water, and then let out a scream. "Please no Grace!"

"What are you doing?!" I asked her.

"Who do you think Mom's going to believe, you or me?" Ashley smirked, and right on cue, my mom walked in and saw the whole thing, just the way Ashley had set it up.

"Grace, if you've got an issue, you come to me," my mom said, her voice heavy with disappointment. "Why would you do this to Ashley?"

Ashley was all teary-eyed, playing the victim. "Mom, please don't be mad at Grace. It's my fault."

My brother yanked my arm. "Are you jealous of Ashley? You know we

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you messed up her dress

a storm cloud. "Grace, you're grounded. You stay here. and think about what you've done. Ashley,

words and a soft touch. I used to feel that

they had just looked a little closer, only looked at me for a moment, they might have seen the burn

they didn't. They all left, a happy little family

triumphant glance, as if to say, 'Grace, I've won

two weeks for my mom's Instagram to become a chronicle of Ashley's adventures with

brought a cake once, but it was only for her,

been forgotten. Before I died in my previous life, I

I got was being called a "Drama Queen“. Those two words were what pushed me to

my whole high school years back

I avoided all of them, and the absence of constant conflict with Ashley allowed a significant shift in my overall

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of tension and frustration brought by the absence of

focus more on my studies and witness great improvements, while Ashley remained

effort she put into it,

semester of our senior year

every semester, and my parents would never come to mine,

optimistic, so I told

would go, but she said, "Grace, you know Ashley has been struggling with her grades since her real parents passed away.

understood why they had a preference for her over