The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

That night. Antonio came to me. I thought he wanted to learn more about the truth from me, since he realized that Celia had been lying to him. But I was wrong. He said, "Grace, Celia is innocent. Will you drop the case?"

I couldn't help but laugh.

I was impressed. Antonio still trusted her after all that had happened.

But, all of a sudden. I felt bad when I saw him looking so haggard.

After the Kaufman Group survived from going bankrupt, Antonio was never in a low spirit again. At least, that was what I had remembered of him.

I rubbed the straw ring in my pocket and changed the topic.

"When did it start? I mean you and her."

There was a trace of guilt on his face. Then, he subconsciously denied it.

I knew he would deny it. So, I showed him the footage of them kissing from a few years ago.

His face changed color as he saw it.

"Grace, I can explain it. It's not like what you think..."

I took out the straw ring

from my pocket, deadpan. I grabbed his hand and placed that small ring on his palm.

?While the Kaufmans were going through their darkest days, countless

debt collectors were after them. Antonio was just a kid at the time, but he was not spared.

?

Debt collectors would block the door of his rental home. They would frighten him and force him to tell them where his parents were.

them, I was the first person he

"Grace, my family is broke now. I can't provide you with a good life

put this straw ring on

it, as if we were already married,

could feel he really didn't want

turned around and was about

No! If my family gets rich again,

can return this ring to me. I will let you go, even if it will

at the time, but somehow I wanted

point, I was

love with him for years, so it wasn't

the day of his wedding, I still held out the last shred of hope for our

now, I knew that I wanted to be done with him, once and for

He also remembered hist promise

went round, his

jaw and splashed onto

tears from it and nervously clutched my hands, looking like a little

forgive me this

and slowly wiped the remaining tears from his

to you than she was to me. Before she died, her last wish was to see us finally

how did you pay her

those are old grudges

fathers' generation and

is not

have heard and seen

true!

me,

things you promised me, you gave them to Celia Without a second thought. Yet, you called

all I could see