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After countless sleepless nights, 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 foreigners.

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It had been ages since we last saw each other.

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.

said, her voice filled with

kept touching my face, saying sorry over and

let go and hugged

said, “Mom, I’m not

love myself first before seeking love from

I both made the same choice. “Grace, Antonio’s been calling non–stop,” my mom warned

with you all the way,” she said,

phone was blowing up with calls and

catch up on the latest, another call

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

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Antonio this worked up

the picture, why

you read my journal? It’s not true.

on with Stella. I promise you. She’s just like a sister to

the tears you’ve left on my

was feeling kind

with me, but that’s why I’m walking away.

happy with it?

“Why the tears?”

Stella was his shining moment,

the most vivid

I put in

with Stella, soaking in the glory days,

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was the one groveling to business associates, doing whatever it took to keep us afloat.

was the one downing drinks till was

registered with

heady, fantastical ride Stella

had Stella’s name tattooed on his chest, lying to me that it was a reminder

yearned to keep

to reclaim his

miss

you? You’ve got it bad for me, so much that my recent lack of attention stung, and this was your way of hitting back.

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