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    Helena was so mad that she kept texting me non-stop.


    "Grace, don''t think that pretending to be sick will keep Antonio with you! He doesn''t love you anymore!"


    "You''ve had him all to yourself for years. It''s time to let go!"


    "How long has it been since hest slept with you? He only loves me now! With me, he''s full of energy!"


    I never texted Helena back. I just read the messages sometimes and thought they were funny.


    Helena sure knew why Antonio was into her.


    She was nothing but a poor substitute for me.


    The Kaufman Group had nearly a hundred artists, and plenty of them were looking for shortcuts. But Helena was the only one who tried to use me as her shortcut.


    She joined thepany two years ago andst year, she got involved with Antonio.


    He kept it so quiet that I only found out this year.


    Once I knew, I had to dig a little deeper.


    When Helena first started, she didn''t look like this. She spent a whole year gradually changing her appearance until she looked about halfway like me. With the right makeup and simr clothes, she managed to bear a close resemnce to


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    my younger self.


    That was all it was.


    She must have read too many substitute stories and actually thought she could rece me!


    Antonio''s phone rang again.


    He hung up once, twice, three times... His forehead got more and more wrinkled.


    I looked at him and asked, "What''s wrong?"


    He held my hand and exined, "It''s somepany stuff. No big deal. Those


    guys are useless. They can''t handle a minor issue. Why even have them?"


    I knew what was going on but didn''t say anything.


    Antonio seemed distracted. He looked annoyed, but he kept sneaking nces at his phone.


    Half an hourter, his phone screen lit up with a text.


    He frowned at it and finally couldn''t stay seated anymore.


    He said to me apologetically, "I need to go out for a bit. Something came up."


    "Alright."


    After Antonio left, my phone screen lit up too.


    It was a message from Helena, with just one word: "Window."


    I dragged myself over to the window in my slippers.


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    From far away, I saw Antonio walking toward Helena.


    He was in a bad mood and kept roughly pushing away the girl who wanted to hug him until she started crying, tears falling


    fast.


    She grabbed onto Antonio''s waist, stood on her tiptoes, and kissed him like she didn''t care about anything else.


    After a bit, he started kissing her back, even harder.


    The two were locked in an embrace.


    People around them nced over, but no one stared too long because it was polite not to.


    Antonio had his back to me, and Helena gave me a victory gesture.


    I grabbed my phone, opened the camera, and zoomed in.


    Click, click.


    Nice! Helena''s face was clear, and her pose went perfectly with her smug smile.


    Right on cue, a text came in from her.


    "Your hubby is mine now! (toothy grin.jpg)"


    I checked myself out of the hospital and went to the Kaufman''s ce.


    My two kids were there. A few days ago, their grandparents missed them and had them over, so I went to bring them back.


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    Antonio brought Helena back to the vi where he kept her.


    How did I know?


    Helena didn''t just dream of marrying Antonio. She also wanted to be a director.


    She had filmed a bunch of videos and kept sending them to me, asking what I thought.


    In those videos, she and Antonio were all over each other in the living room, the bathroom, and the bedroom.


    Ugh, really cringey.


    They were like dogs in heat in the neighborhood.