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.

just smiled and

the airport. According to Moriarty's itinerary, we barely have time to

know what?" Amanda said, snapping him out of his

"What?"

starting to miss this place and we haven't even left yet," she

are you going to

think your bedroom," she said,

said, clearly flustered and blushing

very good

What am I gonna do with

"Love me?" Amanda grinned.

and there was no

few more minutes on the

it would be their last meal together with

she greeted

She was happy to be part of his life. What had once just been a crush had turned into something more—she wanted to keep exploring every corner of that soft-hearted guy with the

on his lap, listening to the boy talk about his

The two old men clearly had to make an effort to be there

all the noise that, at their

and for some reason-though he couldn't quite explain

everything," Maximus said, calling her over to take

by those words. If he remembered correctly, Maximus

relaxed than ever, clearly enjoying

me on my phone, and I'll come.

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