My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0323

Laura turned her anger on Alexia. “Mom, you’re the worst person I’ve ever known. You’ve never cared for us. Your don’t deserve a man like my father risking his freedom for you. And you,” she said, glaring at Lucius and Leonardo, “you’re just as guilty. You sat there and enjoyed watching someone else’s suffering. It disgusts me. I love you, Lucius, but I can’t condone what you’ve become.

She hugged her father tightly, grounding him as his rage gave way to shock and sorrow.

Valerie’s POV

Valerie felt the weight of everything crashing down. The truth was out, and it was tearing everyone apart. She cursed herself silently. She should have been honest with Marcus from the start, but his eagerness to raise Serenity as his own had made her think she could leave the past buried.

Now it was all unraveling. Instead of achieving justice for the pain the Palmers had caused, they were causing even more harm, threatening to break apart her family.

but he pushed her away. The rejection stung deeply, leaving her feeling utterly wretched. All she could do was watch the chaos unfold,

as a family. She stormed toward her daughter, who looked utterly shattered, but what she didn’t expect was Serenity’s reaction. Her

many years, Valerie felt a sharp, familiar pain–the same pain she’d experienced long ago on her honeymoon with Maximus in Santorini. She had returned to their hotel room only

they were closing in on her, suffocating her. If her family refused to leave, then she would. She didn’t need to endure this. She didn’t need

could go home, but the thought of facing. her two elderly aunts who doted on her

and a lake. All she wanted was some peace.

alone.

park closed. She slipped away from the guided tour and found her way to the edge of the lake, where she sat down and cried. She cried as openly and as loudly as she had the day she arrived in Hesperia

had been twenty years, but the feeling was the same. She felt alone, adrift, and once again, it was her fault for not

when you were still here…” she whispered through her tears. “You have no idea how much I wish I could turn back time! I wish

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