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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.

not

should love myself first before

apart, my mom and I both made the

choice.

calling non–stop,”

me.

my tears,

the way,” she said, supporting me no matter

up with calls and messages from Antonio.

even catch up on the

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coming in.

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

never heard Antonio this

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

“Grace, have you read

true.

on with Stella.

sister

it in the tears you’ve left on my journal pages.

kind of spaced

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

happy

“Why the tears?”

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

the most vivid chapter of

his memory that I put in the work to

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in the glory days,

business associates, doing whatever it took

was senseless, so wasted

registered

the heady, fantastical ride Stella offered him.

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

driven.

yearned to keep alive

to reclaim his true love.

miss me now?

the wedding to teach me a lesson, didn’t you? You’ve got it bad for

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