My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 1119

Serenity, Alden, Ethan, and little Isabelle were slowly adjusting to their new life.

For the kind of work Alden did, not much had changed. But on a personal level, he couldn't deny he missed their life in Valeria.

He was definitely growing fond of Hesperia, though he'd had to work on his relationship with Marcus.

Little by little, he noticed how his father-in-law had started to lower his defenses, especially as he saw Alden's unwavering support for Serenity-supporting her completely so she could return to her normal life.

Serenity was back at university and immersed in her world of photography, selling her work to ad agencies.

The family usually lived a quiet life, and Ethan spent most days at the Bartz household.

For Alden and Serenity, it had become normal for their son to call and ask for permission to stay at John's-to eat, do homework, or even sleep over. It wasn't that they were being left out, but the truth was, John had helped Ethan adjust to his new reality.

often talked about what the

an architect-he dreamed of designing and building huge skyscrapers. John, on the other hand, admired his father and wanted to become a powerful businessman, so he planned to study something that would help him

both sets of parents knew that someday, the boys would go

and son-in-law that he'd practically adopted Ethan-since Alden and Serenity's

were when the Bartzes took the

partly to help Valerie fulfill the dream she had once shared with her grandfather, back when she was

made a list of places she'd wanted to visit with

a long list, and though it might sound a bit out there, every time they traveled, Valerie would prepare a small locket with a bit of her grandfather's ashes and leave behind in the church of each town they

that she

his ashes behind was deeply meaningful to her, knowing how much he had wanted to help his granddaughter achieve her dreams when

hadn't had to run away because of everything that happened, she and her grandfather would have taken off together-living adventure

went somewhere on Valerie's list every weekend. For him, nothing was impossible, and he

his wife and her late grandfather's dream