Her Place in His Heart by Isabella Reed

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Antonio said, “It’s all on me. Grace’s not at fault here. I caused this mess. I was just too grasping, never learning to value

what was right in front of me.

“I’m sorry, truly I am. Grace, I don’t have the nerve to ask for your forgiveness, but I hope you can still keep me in your memories.”

My dad tried to step in, but one icy glance from my mom and he just wilted, his head drooping low.

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He couldn’t help but sneak mom, his eyes always finding their way back to her.

I bet he had his own regrets brewing.

Sometimes it took losing something to see how valuable it really was.

For some folks, it was the unattainable and the irretrievable that seemed the most desirable.

After all the back–and–forth, Antonio coughed up some cash and was shipped back to his homeland.

As he was leaving, he threw me a question, “Will we meet again?”

a chance,” I said without

sudden, he crumbled, crying his eyes

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and floundering,

watching.

did it all go so

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rock for so long. I just figured you’d always be there, that no matter what,

never saw the day coming when you’d walk out without a word, and the thought of losing you

never meant to cause you pain. I just got swept up in

pick Stella, but I was drawn to her free spirit, so I tried

if I pulled this off, I could keep both of

missed the fact that there was only one Grace

a saint or a sinner, she

kind.

definitely

I was

trying to lay his soul

of dreams you jotted down

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