My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

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“Can we?” Valerie asked softly, her voice trembling with vulnerability.

“Yes. Yes, we can…” Marcus replied, his voice filled with certainty.

They surrendered to a moment they had both longed for but thought might never happen again.

[At Maximus’s house]

In Laura’s room, she and Serenity sat cross–legged on the bed, talking animatedly like two excited girls at a sleepover.

“Serenity, do you think your plan will work?” Laura asked, her brow furrowed with concern.

“I hope so, Laura… I really hope so.”

“I don’t know your parents, but if this idea came to you, it must be good.”

mom has a strong personality, but seeing Peter again threw her off–it’s like she’s a little girl again. My dad is a good man, but his jealousy clouds his judgment. He doesn’t think things through and makes

really think it’ll

and my dad was

devil!” Laura

mom cry–it really did. And it hurt to make her think I was abandoning her. But I had no other choice. It

long will you

you’re just my excuse to leave, Laura. You’re my

her voice trembling with emotion. “I feel so much happier with you here. It makes me feel calmer. My dad is amazing, but I needed someone I could talk to about… everything. No offense to him–I love him so much–but there are things I can only

sister. It was a strange but beautiful realization. Serenity had grown up with a loving family, yet discovering she had a

about Laura’s life before they met had broken Serenity’s heart. Despite everything, Laura was a sweet, kind girl, far removed from Alexia’s shadow. If anything, Laura reminded Serenity

talked upstairs, Maximus sat in his study, his thoughts drifting between the present and the past. Having his children under one roof, even temporarily, brought him a strange sense of peace. But there was a lingering sadness: Lucius, the boy

unknowingly driven a wedge between him and Mary. He had loved that boy fiercely, but the truth about his paternity had unraveled the life they could

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the files Marcus had shared–the infamous 12 folders. It was time to act. His father had yet to surface, which gave him a chance

Maximus dialed Matthew.

are you awake?”