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After countless sleepless nights, I 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

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foreigners.

It had been ages since we last saw each other.

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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.

“You’ve grown so much,” she said, her voice filled with wonder.

My mom kept touching my face, saying sorry over and over again.

I just let go and hugged her tight.

“Mom, I’m not

love myself first before seeking love

years apart, my mom and I both made the same

choice.

non–stop,” my mom

me.

to dry my tears,

you choose, I’m with you all the way,” she said, supporting me no matter

phone was blowing up with calls and messages

on the latest,

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coming in.

with stress, like he was holding

never heard Antonio this worked up

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why was he still worried about

have you

true.

going on with Stella. I

a sister

can see it in the tears you’ve left on my journal pages. I’ve been remiss, but

was feeling kind of

stay with me, but that’s why I’m walking away. It’s to set us both free, to let you be

you happy with

“Why the tears?”

shining moment, the

the most brilliant, the most

that I put in the work to get

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he was living it up with Stella, soaking in the glory days,

business associates, doing whatever

drinks till I was senseless, so wasted

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heady, fantastical ride Stella offered him.

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

driven.

he truly yearned to keep alive

chance to reclaim his

miss me

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

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