My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

"Lucius..." said Laura, walking into the room.

"Laura..." Lucius said, and as soon as he saw her, he threw himself into her arms.

"Brother... Everything's going to be okay."

"I... I shouldn't have argued with her father. I should've taken her home, I..."

"No, Lucius, you need to stay calm. She's going to be okay. The baby's going to

be okay. Just think-she's going to be a beautiful girl. We finally know... it's a girl," said Laura, trying to bring a little light into the darkness.

"What if something happens to Amanda? What am I supposed to do? Tell me, what do I do?" Lucius asked through tears.

"Brother, you have to be strong. Remember, between the two of us, you've always been the strong one. You can't fall apart now."

stay positive. We have to pray for Amanda and your baby girl. If something bad happens, we'll deal with it when the time comes. But remember this—never, never,

mistakes had distanced them, but now

with an update. The baby had been born-still very small, now in an incubator-but she was doing well. Lucius could see her at any moment;

They were trying to stabilize her with IV magnesium sulfate, but the doctor offered no promises. Her condition wasn't

was clear-they needed to prepare for the worst. Whatever hope remained was quickly

couldn't believe how everything had changed in the blink of

that morning, he'd woken up watching her sleep. Pregnancy had made her extra sleepy, and he loved that. He loved how she stretched like a cat and shifted around-even with that massive belly, she always found a way to

might not make it. Life was stealing someone from him again someone he

No way not

about to be alone

the young man, who had his forehead pressed against the wall, crying in

standing up and

said Maximus, opening

destroy his son. He knew

see his son was barely holding it together-pretending to be strong. And for a moment, he saw himself... back