My Love Until the Last Goodbye (Mary and Maximus) novel Chapter 1049

After the conversation between Pierre, Laura, Lucius, and Maximus, it was time to talk to Paul. However, Maximus felt it was something that needed to be discussed between father and son.

He fully understood that Laura wanted to be involved, but this—this was something only he could and should handle. As a father, he couldn’t just step aside or let others take the lead.

Maximus walked to his room, looking like a defeated man. His children watched as he passed through the hallway without saying a word. Diana wasn’t home today, which gave him time to think things through.

Eventually, he stepped out onto his balcony. The darkness of the night and his dimly lit room surrounded him. He pulled out a cigarette—something he rarely did anymore—and let his body sink into the chair beside the small garden table on his balcony.

For a moment, he closed his eyes and took a drag, mentally revisiting his entire life. There was no doubt in his mind that this was karma catching up to him for all the harm he had caused.

Yes, he had everything he had ever wanted—his family, his children, a loving woman, his father, and his brother back in his life—but that didn’t erase the damage he had done in the past. Whether knowingly or not, he had hurt people.

Mary and Peter had been the ones most affected by his pride and selfishness. In the end, life was showing him what truly mattered, but that didn’t mean his sins had been forgiven. No, of course not. He could see how karma was coming for him, hitting him where it hurt the most—his children.

Looking back, Peter had suffered even more than he was suffering now: the physical pain his brother endured, losing the love of his life, losing himself, losing his memories.

That was more than any person should have to bear. And yet, even without his memories, his brother was still here—stronger, wiser, even if he didn’t seem like it. Maximus knew it, without a doubt. He could even say, without hesitation, that Peter was wiser than he was.