My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0914

+25 BONUS

After dropping Laura off at home and making sure Paul and Maurice were alright, Maximus went to pick up Diana. He had just remembered he had an early meeting the next morning, and after that, he planned to return to help Celeste.

The drive was quiet, which caught Diana’s attention.

“Maximus… what’s wrong? You seem off,” she asked, concerned.

“Tomorrow, I’m going to the prison where Leonardo was, Maximus said carefully,

“Why? Did he finally decide to tell you something about Peter’s mother?” Diana asked hesitantly.

“No… While we were waiting for Peter to arrive with Celeste and the babies today, I got a call from the prison,” he said, still trying to process the news.

“Did something happen?” Diana asked, unsure if she should be asking.

“Yeah… Apparently, there was a fight that turned into a full–blown riot. Leonardo was seriously injured, and… they confirmed he died,” Maximus said, as if the truth were a heavy burden.

“Oh… I’m sorry,” Diana said, understanding that this wasn’t easy for him either.

“I didn’t want to ruin the moment, so I didn’t say anything. Tomorrow, I have to go identify the body,” Maximus confessed, clearly conflicted.

“God… this must be really hard for you,” Diana said, noticing the tension on his face.

“I’m angry… you know? He’s gone, and he never told me where Peter’s mother is. He took that secret to the grave, “Maximus said, frustration evident in his voice.

“I’m really sorry, but Maximus, this is something that’s eating away at you. Have you noticed that Peter hasn’t even asked about it?” Diana pointed out, trying to ease his burden.

“Yeah, but after everything he’s done for us, I felt like this was the least I could do for him… and I couldn’t even get that,” Maximus said heavily.

for his hand and wrapped it in

what you could.”

I couldn’t dig deeper, that I never found out who she was,” he

and close this chapter of your life. Do you want me to

go alone and make the arrangements for him to be buried with the rest of the Palmer family. It’s the last thing I’ll ever do for him,”

I don’t want to taint this moment for him. He looks so happy right now, happier than I’ve

now. It wouldn’t be fair to ruin one of the best

night, Maximus stayed at Diana’s apartment. The next morning,

1/3

+25 BONUS

Chapter 0914

for news about their loved ones.

had to put on a damn show,” Maximus

We need to process the body and confirm what you’d like done with it. As

was in

loss. I know he wasn’t close to you, but you’re his only living contact,” the officer said, lifting the

at the sight of the man lying on

him. Cover

tell us what you want done with the

Maximus said, taking a deep breath. He recalled a conversation he once had with Leonardo he had said that when he died, he wanted to be cremated and his ashes placed

left without saying a word, taking your secrets to the grave. I’ll never know what happened to Peter’s mother,” Maximus whispered

“Mr. Palmer?”

front of him.

this,” the doctor said, slipping something into his hand. “Leonardo

hell?” Maximus asked, confused

it. Keep it hidden and open it

this was important. Whatever Leonardo had planned, he had known Maximus would be the only one to