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.

get away from them, I was

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

this straw

if we were

I could feel he

turned around and was about to run away. But he rushed back

gets rich again, you'll

wanna marry me anymore, you can return this ring to

only a kid at the time, but somehow

got to this point, I was pretty

for years, so it wasn't easy for me

I still held out the last shred of hope

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

He also remembered hist promise to me as

round,

down his thin jaw and

and nervously clutched my hands, looking like a little boy afraid of

you forgive me this time? I swear

hand and slowly wiped the remaining tears from

kinder to you than she was to me. Before she died, her

did you pay her

those are old grudges

fathers' generation

is not

heard and seen

true!

then tell me, what is the

anyway: The things you promised me, you gave them to Celia Without a second thought. Yet, you called me vicious and

poured all those words out, all I could see