My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

The week had flown by, and Lucius and Amanda were getting everything ready to head back to New Zealand.

Their time in Valentia had been amazing. This visit had given them a lot of good memories, but it was time to return to university.

Maximus and the others were hoping they could visit during the kids' next break.

Lucius, on his end, would've preferred to stay until Paul talked to Pierre, but the boy still hadn't decided whether he wanted to speak with the man claiming to be his father.

Reluctantly, Lucius had to leave the matter in Laura and Maximus's hands. Maximus had told him he just had to wait until Paul was ready, and that it shouldn't hold Lucius back from leaving.

So he advised him to let Paul make the decision when he was ready, without pressure. Maximus would take care of things once the boy made up his mind to meet his real father.

Before leaving, Lucius and Amanda stopped by the Palmer house. He wanted to introduce Amanda and, more importantly, wanted her to meet little Isabelle.

"Hey there! We came to see Serenity... Do you think I could say hi to her?" Lucius asked as he stood at the entrance of the mansion.

"Good morning, Lucius! Yeah, she's in bed with our baby-come on in," Alden replied kindly.

He could've held a grudge in his heart for everything the young man had done, but he had to admit-if Lucius hadn't been there for Serenity, she would've felt totally alone, or maybe wouldn't have even made it to the hospital the way she did.

Lucius held Amanda's hand, and she walked beside him down the hallway, taking in the decor of the place. It was obvious she couldn't stop being amazed-this family was really rich.

Her thoughts drifted back to the moments she'd had with her own father. He always acted like one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in Spain, but nothing compared to what she was seeing now.

When they reached the master bedroom, Alden knocked on the door.

"Babe! Hey... You've got visitors. Decent?"

"Oh! Yeah, come in, come in..." Serenity said as she gently laid Isabelle down on the bed and stood up.

Serenity looked at the girl and smiled when she saw Lucius-the

daughter with him,

she had to admit her brother looked genuinely happy in this new chapter

Come in look, the baby

great! Although... kind of

asked, a little surprised

to meet Amanda

Amanda! So you're the one making my brother's heart beat faster!" Serenity said, and without

have sisters and barely any close friends, so being

Amanda said, a little shy for the first

into you... That makes me happy. He and I have only just started talking and making amends... We still have a long way to go,

thank you! Thanks again for being so welcoming," Amanda

why we came," Lucius said, breaking the emotional moment as he

Didn't you come to meet little Isabelle?" Serenity asked, waving them

yeah, I wanted Amanda to meet her... but also, umm... we came to say goodbye..." Lucius said, unsure of how to break

said, caught off

the university for an extension and came to spend a month with Maximus and the others.

finally starting to talk like normal people again,"

wouldn't want to face Judge Moriarty's wrath. If we don't

wife. She trusted me enough to let me come, and

a judge?"

Judge Moriarty's care. He's a tough, fair guy-but if you get on his bad side, yikes. Let's just say his methods aren't exactly gentle," Lucius said, thinking back

get to spend more time together, but if you have to go, I'm glad we at least made peace before you

Serenity! As

drag him back here to visit. He tends to craw into his shell sometimes, but I