I Don’t Need Your Fake Love by Melandia

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After countless sleepless nights, I surprisingly caught some solid Zs 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.

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.

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

said I should love myself first

my mom and I both made the

calling non–stop,”

to dry my tears, but hers started flowing

you choose, I’m with you all the

phone was blowing up with calls and messages from

even catch up on the latest, another call was coming in.

voice laden with stress, like he was holding the whole world

this

puzzled. With Stella back in the picture, why was

explain, “Grace, have you read my journal? It’s not true.

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Stella. I promise you. She’s just like a sister

to me.

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

was feeling kind of spaced out.

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

you happy with

“Why the tears?”

was his shining moment,

the most vivid chapter of

that I put in

he was living it up with Stella, soaking in the glory days, I was the one emptying my bank account to cover his

doing whatever it took to keep

was the one downing drinks till I was senseless, so wasted I nearly lost our

of that registered

held onto was the heady, fantastical ride Stella offered him.

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on his chest, lying to me that it was a reminder of the

yearned to keep alive was

to reclaim his true love.

did he miss

the wedding to teach me a lesson, didn’t you? You’ve got it bad for me, so much that my recent lack of attention stung, and this was your

worries. I’m willing to let it slide. Grace, whatever you do, I’m