My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

After several hugs and a strange sense of emptiness, Lucius and Amanda left the house.

Lucius started driving, knowing he still had to get home-he hadn't said goodbye to his siblings, his father, or the grandfather he'd just met.

Time was ticking. Through the rearview mirror, he caught a glimpse of Serenity and her husband heading back inside.

That image stayed with him. He smiled and turned his focus back to the road.

"You okay?" Amanda asked, noticing how quiet he'd gone.

"Yeah..." he said, reaching over to take her hand and kiss it. "Thank you."

"For what?"

"For this. For pushing me to find her, for helping me patch things up with her..." Lucius said sincerely.

"I would've loved to have siblings. I think it's only fair. Neither of you deserved to be separated over things from the past. None of it was your fault."

"I know. Believe me, I know," Lucius said, the weight of his past flashing through his mind.

"You'll see—we'll be back sooner than you think," Amanda said, making it clear she included herself in that promise.

"You think Judge Moriarty will let us?" Lucius asked, unsure.

"Well, at least me, yes..." Amanda said with a cheeky smile.

"Amanda..." he said, giving her a death stare.

smiled and

have time to eat with everyone and then head out,"

Amanda said, snapping him out

"What?"

and we haven't even left

are you going to

she said, shooting him a

Lucius said, clearly flustered

some very good

I

"Love me?" Amanda grinned.

do..." Lucius said, and there

more minutes on

would be their last meal together with Lucius for a

over here," Laura said as she greeted them

into a hug. Amanda looked at her boyfriend and smiled. She was happy to be part of his life. What had once just been a crush had turned into something

reached the dining room. Maximus had little Maurice on his lap, listening to the boy talk

in conversation with Matthew. The two old men clearly had to make an effort to be there they usually preferred to

was their way of avoiding all the noise that, at their age, felt

middle brother, Paul, chatting away with Diana, and for some reason-though he couldn't quite explain it he didn't

calling her over to take her seat. "Relax, everything's going to turn out

If he remembered correctly, Maximus used to be extremely

relaxed than ever, clearly enjoying

You could just call me on my