Broken Vows by Tessa Montgomery

Chapter28

The pills were different from what I usually took.

Although I studied obstetrics, I could still tell the difference.

Unless I was still groggy from sleep, I wouldn’t have mixed them up.

The bottle was on the bedside table.

Usually, no one else but Antonio would enter my room.

The answer was clear.

My hand holding the pills started shaking uncontrollably.

In the end, I collapsed to the floor with a thud.

“It’s impossible…”

I desperately tried to comfort myself, trying to believe in Antonio.

After all, we had truly been in love for so many years.

At our best, he’d protected me from a car accident, shielding me with his body just to keep me safe.

He said, “Grace, you mean more to me than anything, event more than myself. I can’t lose you.”

That day, I cried until I could barely breathe, vowing to love him forever.

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Today, I was crying just as hard, but now I was searching for a reason to still believe in him.

Antonio.

Please, don’t let it be you…

It wasn’t until the third day that I finally asked Chloe.

can’t just take it while pregnant. It could

completely, unable to hear anything

guilt in Antonio’s eyes when he left that

I finally understood.

hope for Antonio shattered completely.

Years of love.

couldn’t withstand the pressure

collapsed, once and for

come back on

the couch in a daze, staring at nothing as

kept buzzing non–stop.

Πρ

it ran out of battery and shut off, leaving

my birthday. I sat outside the operating

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calling me back? Are you still mad? I’ve been so

the triple pay! Can’t you understand that? You keep ignoring my calls and messages. What do you want me

as harsh as

not to

detachment, I said.

you remember today’s my

pause, no

didn’t care. I wiped my

you forgot. You don’t ever need to remember again. Antonio, when

so long I thought he had hung

voice finally came through.

have to be so extreme? Why can’t you just understand?

I’ll come back when you learn

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at the chat history and photos on my

sending me messages over these past few

their recent conversations, I read it all.

overtime nights had been spent

for him, waiting for him to come home

seen the marks on his neck, I had convinced myself they were just mosquito bites.

had trusted him completely.