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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.

I’m not holding it against you.

myself first before seeking love

years apart, my mom and I both made the same

choice.

Antonio’s been calling non–stop,”

me.

to dry my tears, but hers started flowing

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

with calls and messages

on

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coming in.

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

never heard Antonio this

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picture, why

to explain, “Grace, have you read my journal? It’s

true.

Stella.

a sister

on my journal pages. I’ve been remiss, but it was

feeling kind of spaced

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

happy with

“Why the tears?”

his shining moment, the highlight of

most brilliant, the most vivid chapter of

his memory that I put in the work to get

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

to business associates, doing whatever it took to keep us afloat.

was senseless,

registered

the heady, fantastical ride Stella offered him.

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

driven.

to keep

to reclaim

he miss

for

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