Her Place in His Heart by Isabella Reed

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That night, Antocto me. | thought he wanted to learn more about the truth from me, since he realized

that Celia had been lying to him.

But | was wrong. He said, “Grace, Celia is innocent. Will you drop the case?”

| couldn’t help but laugh.

| was impressed. Antostill trusted her after all that had happened.

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

After the Kaufman Group survived from going bankrupt, Antowas never in a low spirit again. At least, that

was what | had remembered of him.

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

“When did it start? | mean you and her.”

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

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

His face changed color as he saw it.

“Grace, | can explain it. It's not like what you think...”

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| took out the straw ring from my pocket, deadpan. | 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.

After he managed to get away from them, | was the first person he would cto.

He cried and said, “Grace, my family is broke now. | can’t provide you with a good life after we grow up...”

As he cried, he put this straw ring on my ring finger.

“I made this ring on my way here. Keep it, as if we were already married, OK? Will you not forget about me?”

He was incoherent, but | could feel he really didn’t want to

leave me.

After he cried, he turned around and was about to run away. But he rushed back again.

“No! No! If my family gets rich again, you'll cback to me, will you?”

“At that time, if you don’t wanna marryanymore, you can return this ring to me. | will let you go, even if it

will hurt me!”

| was only a kid at the time, but somehow | wanted to be with Antoto my last breath.

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But when things got to this point, | was pretty sure | had let go of Antonio.

| was in love with him for years, so it wasn’t easy forto simply walk away.

Until the day of his wedding, | still held out the last shred of hope for our relationship.

But now, | knew that | wanted to be done with him, once and

for all.

Antobowed his head and stared at that ring. He also remembered his promise toas a kid.

His eyes went round, his lips shivering.

Tears trickled down his thin jaw and splashed onto the shabby straw ring.

?He quickly wiped the tears from it and nervously clutched my hands, looking like a little boy afraid of being

abandoned.

He looked atand begged, “Grace, will you forgivethis time? | swear | will stop seeing Celia from now on!”

| raised my hand and slowly wiped the remaining tears from his face.

“My mom was so good to you. She was kinder to you than she was to me. Before she died, her last wish was to

see us finally get married.

“But how did you pay her back? You say that those are old grudges from our fathers’ generation and that what |

have

heard and seen is not true!

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“Well, then tell me, what is the truth?

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“You knew Celia’s mom was my Dad’s mistress, but you slept with her anyway. The things you promised me, you

gave them to Celia without a second thought. Yet, you calledvicious and bullying a dying person!”

After | poured all those words out, all | could see from his face was guilt and remorse.

He bowed his head and contemplated for a while.

Then, he raised his eyelids and said tosoftly, “I've checked it. Celia had sproblems with a friend from

college, so the police took her in for a few questions.

“She is innocent. | know you want to confront someone, but your mom and Celia’s mom are both gone. Can't you

just forgive and forget?”

| stared into his face, hoping to see what he was thinking.

After all the work my mom put into him, he turned out to be such a douchebag!

Fury blinded me. | couldn’t control myself anymore and slapped him hard.

?He looked haggard again and caught my hand to slap his face.

“Grace, sorry for my poor wording. | just want you to be happy. If this can make you feel better, you can slap me

as much as you want!”

His words turned my stomach.

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s grasp.

| shouted in rage, “Antonio, you're like a piece of trash to me. now. And | don’t collect trash!

“From the day you cheated onwith Celia, you should have known that it’s over between us!”

?But he did not want to giveup. He tried to say more to me, but his phone rang.

It was loud, and | could hear Celia’s crying voice through his phone.

“Antonio, the police letgo. I'm outside the station now. I'm so scared. Will you cpickup?”

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Antoinstinctively glanced at me, and his eyes showed a flicker of hesitation.

But it only lasted a few seconds before he said with confidence, “Grace, | told you that Celia is innocent. If she

were guilty, the police wouldn't have let her go, right?

“Besides, she’s your half-sister, and we're going to be a family. I'll go and bring her back.”

| wanted to make things difficult for Antonio, so I didn’t want him to leave so easily.

| called out to him, “Didn’t you say that if | forgave you, you would never have anything to do with Celia?

“My dad will pick her up. But if you dare to leave now, I'll never forgive you!”

Antostopped in his tracks, but he kept his back to me.

His voice sounded tired. “Celia really needsnow. | promise this is the last time. Once this whole thing is

sorted out, I'll be all set to propose to you.”

After saying that, Antohurried towards the door.

As he walked, he suddenly started running. Along the way, he accidentally bumped into a sharp decoration and

got cut, but he didn’t seem to care at all.

| stood there, stunned, watching his figure disappear into the

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distance. Without thinking, | raised my hand to touch my face, and it was wet with tears.

All of this used to be mine!

His loss of composure, his madness, his gentleness, and his complete love-all of it was once meant for me.

How did the guy who used to run just to seeend up like this?

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Janet's call cquickly, and her angry voice was all over the phone.

“Your dad really went all out! Those pieces of evidence could have done in that hussy Celia, but he took the

blhimself!”

| felt a chill run through me. | never thought Melvin, who had always been so selfish, would go to such lengths for

Celia!

Without tto think more about it, | hung up and hurried to the police station.

| asked to see Melvin, and he didn’t say no.

He had looked so lively at the wedding earlier today, but now he seemed to have aged a lot in just a few hours.

“Grace, you're here. Would you please do something for me?”

| didn’t say yes or no but just kept staring at him.

Seeing that | wasn’t talking, Melvin went on, “I messed up back then, and | let you and your mom down. But

Celia is innocent.

“Ill tell the police everything | did, including what happened

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to your mom.”

My nose twitched, and my heart was being torn apart by all this anger as | glared at Melvin.

“So, you killed my mom! You bastard! My mom was with you for all those years and never did anything to hurt

you! She even agreed to the divorce. Why couldn’t you just let her go?”

Melvin hung his head, looking heartbroken.

After a long while, he finally spoke again, “I'm asking you for one thing, let Celia go. She’s the only family you

have left in this world.”

Then, he refused to say another word and hastily ended the meeting.

| was so furious | could have ripped him to pieces, but my reason was tellingto stay cool.

| knew deep down that Melvin didn’t think he was wrong at all.

He took the police to the spot where the girl’s body was dumped and took all the blonto himself.

Jtoldthat Celia wasn’t doing well mentally, so Antobought a manor for her to recover in.

| asked Jto let them keep seeing each other. She was upset about it, but in the end, she agreed.

Before the court made its decision, Melvin killed himself.

He had quite a few shady businesses, and behind these illegal operations, there were numerous people involved.

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From the moment he got arrested, those so-called partners were all scared that he would rat them out.

Melvin knew all of this, so he picked a day with good weather and smashed his head into the wall.

The police called the family to cand identify the body, but I didn’t show up.

Antowent with Celia instead.