Broken Vows by Tessa Montgomery

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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.

so much,” she said,

touching my face, saying sorry over and over again.

go and hugged her tight.

“Mom, I’m not holding

love myself first before seeking love from

Antonio’s been calling non–stop,” my mom warned me. She tried to dry my tears, but hers started flowing

you all the way,” she said, supporting

phone was blowing up with calls

on the latest, another call was coming in.

he said, his voice laden with stress, like he was

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heard Antonio this worked up

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

explain, “Grace, have you read my journal? It’s not

I promise you. She’s just

heartbroken. I can see it in the tears you’ve left on my journal pages.

was feeling kind of spaced

think you’re obligated to stay with me, but that’s why I’m

happy with

“Why the tears?”

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

most brilliant, the most

from his memory that I put in

days, I was the one emptying my bank account to cover his mistakes.

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associates, doing whatever it took

was senseless,

that registered with him.

held onto was the heady, fantastical ride Stella

on his chest, lying to me that it was a reminder of

to keep alive

had the chance to

he miss me now?

got it bad for me, so much that my recent lack of attention stung, and this