My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

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[The present, Westhaven]

“That pizza was delicious!” Valerie said, feeling content with a full belly.

The two of them stepped outside to sit at the small garden table.

“Love, I noticed you were very quiet during lunch,” Marcus said, intrigued. “That’s not like you–you’re usually talking non–stop!”

“I don’t know,” Valerie admitted. “Lately, I’ve had this strange feeling of unease in my chest. It’s hard to explain, but when you asked earlier about how we found each other again, I felt the same tightness.”

“What do you mean? Explain,” Marcus said, leaning closer with concern.

“When I went back to Hesperia, I felt this way every single day. I always had a lump in my throat, like something bad could happen at any moment. I worried constantly about my daughter. And now, even though that little girl is a grown woman, I still feel it from time to time.”

think you’ll ever tell Serenity about her biological father’s family?”

knows her father’s name was Peter. She

I don’t think it’s wise to keep hiding her father’s family from her. I’m about to start working there, and I’ll make sure you get back what’s rightfully yours. Don’t you think she has

Sometimes she acts without thinking things through. I trust that Maximus would never harm his niece, but Alexia… she’s capable of anything. That woman could do a lot of damage.”

so careful,” Marcus said, pulling her into a comforting hug and kissing the top of her head. “Sometimes

“You just want to keep enabling

but if it’s something that worries you this mucht might have been safer for her to settle there rather than bring her here, where Peter’s family might recognize her.

Palmers. She looks like me,” Valerie countered

the math to figure it out. But listen, I don’t want to stress you out. The safety of the kids comes first,

exclaimed, exasperated. “You tell me not to worry, and then you go and say things like that!”

want to prepare you for reality–I

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