My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

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For a brief moment, Serenity allowed herself to imagine her parents were still together, and the three of them were simply out for lunch as a family. It was a comforting ought, but it quickly dissolved when Valerie broke the

silence.

“Okay, we’ve eaten. Now, Serenity, Marcus–what do you want to talk to me about?”

Serenity glanced between her mother’s sharp tone and her father’s passive demeanor and decided to speak up

first.

“Mom, I’ve made a decision. I’m going to take a year off. I need time to think things through.”

“What? Serenity, what are you talking about? That wasn’t the deal! You’re supposed to be studying!”

“Mom, I’m not saying I won’t go back to studying. But with everything going on, I’ve been falling behind. I want to withdraw from school for the year.

ה

“You can’t just drop out of school! You need to keep going. I don’t care what

not

cutting through the tension. “Don’t raise your voice at your mother. Never, and I mean never, disrespect her like that!”

to you earlier, just like I’m trying to do now with her. But as usual, she doesn’t take my opinion seriously–just like when the two of you decided to get divorced without

voice softening, clearly

don’t you tell her everything I told you? You asked me to keep it simple and only mention the break from

need to discuss privately. As for what you’ve decided–if you’ve made up your mind, I can’t say whether it’s right or wrong. But if things don’t go as planned, we’ll

them realized. Despite trying to act like an adult, she felt the weight of responsibilities that weren’t hers–responsibilities her mother sometimes forgot,

all,

given

trying to keep the

the house,” Serenity

What the hell did you just say?” Valerie

consumed with your divorce, with Peter, with who–knows–what fantasies. But in that house, there are other people who exist too. It’s not my responsibility to take care of John, but I do it–because I love him. Meanwhile, I don’t even know

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before they could fall, Marcus reached out and took her hand. She tried

“please, give me a mome alone with

her piece, and there was no turning back. She felt bad for John, but her mother needed a wake–up call. Valerie was stuck in her grief–not over Marcus or the divorce, but over Peter, the