The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

The Lies He Told Me 161

"Excuse me, I need to make a call." I dialed Antonio's number, but he hung up before I could say a word.

I tried several times, always with the same result. It even checked if my phone was working, and it was, it even

had a full battery.

Finally, Eloise answered and said, "Antonio is cooking for me right now. If it's urgent, call back later."

Then she hung up. Were they together all this time?

Without hesitation I tried to find some money in my purse, I remembered I had some when I was hospitalized. The money wasn't there.

I tried using his card, only to find it deactivated.

Desperate, I rummaged through my bag and found the card with

10,000 dollars that my parents had

given me when I got married. It was originally meant for our future children, the ones we never had.

Yes, when we married we had planned to have a big family with many children. We had many dreams that now have been shattered.

Having lost all hope in this marriage, I handed the card to the hospital. cashier.

A few minutes later, I saw the cashier frown, so I asked anxiously, "Is there a problem with the card?"

head down, she said, “There's no money left on this card. It says

way!" I blurted

this possible? I never used this card before, so it was not possible

me, saying, "Don't worry, Dr. Kaufman can cover this. Why don't you

handed over

turned my head and saw

first boyfriend. I had not seen him

dressed in a white coat and glasses. After paying for me, he left without a

even thank him before he left, which left me

is ok now," the cashier said with kind

and a sense of urgency propelled me to call

was a success!" My friend was

you, yes, I am happy to be alive. Can you do me a favor please? Tam about to check out from the hospital and I think my card is not working." I tried

Give me some minutes and I will get you the

and I thanked him.

"Antonio funneled the entire

struggled to process the information, feeling a

a few days ago, I remembered seeing something on Eloise's social media accounts. She was flaunting something new

'secret admirer."

Was that from Antonio?

She went out shopping for the latest Hermes bag with Antonio while I couldn't even afford

was extremely surprised and hurt, so I went through my phone to find the picture

called

with her award money from an experiment. Maybe you can win an award and