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.

said,

touching my face, saying

just let go and

said, “Mom, I’m not holding it against you.

love myself first before

same choice. “Grace, Antonio’s been calling non–stop,” my mom warned me. She tried to dry my

you choose, I’m with you all the way,”

was blowing up with calls and messages from Antonio.

even catch up on the latest,

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

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Antonio this worked

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

have you read my journal? It’s not

you. She’s just like a sister to

the tears you’ve left on my journal pages. I’ve been remiss, but it was never

was feeling kind

that’s why I’m walking

you happy with

“Why the tears?”

was his shining moment,

most brilliant, the most vivid chapter of

his memory that I put in the work to get him back on

glory days,

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

drinks till was senseless, so wasted! nearly

registered with

the heady, fantastical ride Stella offered him.

me that it was a reminder of the hard times, a symbol to keep him

yearned to keep alive was

to reclaim his

miss me

teach me a lesson, didn’t you? You’ve got it bad for me, so much that my recent lack of