My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0914

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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.

his hand and wrapped it in both

did what you could.”

dig deeper, that I never found out who she was,” he admitted, guilt weighing

want me to come with you? And do you think you should tell

buried with the rest of the Palmer family. It’s the last thing I’ll ever do for him,” Maximus said, trying

He looks so happy right now, happier than I’ve seen him in years. He might not remember everything, but I admire how determined he is to

one of the best moments of his life. It’s your decision,” Diana said, accepting

The next morning, he

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their loved ones. Only then did

Even in death, you had to put on a damn show,”

to process the body and confirm what you’d like done with it. As you can imagine, we’re running

at the thought of what he was about to see. The prison was in chaos. He was led down several hallways until they reached room where multiple bodies lay waiting to be identified.

your loss. I know he wasn’t close to you, but you’re

clenched his fists at the sight of the man lying on the cold metal table.

Cover him

that you’ve identified him, tell us what you want done with the body,” the officer said, eager

he died, he wanted to be cremated and his ashes

but I will. You left without saying a word, taking your secrets to

“Mr. Palmer?”

of the forensic doctors standing in front of him. The man seemed uneasy, glancing

hand. “Leonardo left it for

Maximus asked, confused and

here, or they’ll take it. Keep it

Leonardo had planned, he had known