My Love Until the Last Goodbye (Mary and Maximus) novel Chapter 1055

After breakfast, where Maximus, Lucius, and Laura just stared at each other, waiting to see what would happen, Maximus decided he'd spend the day with Paul. He wanted to take him out for a bit. Maurice tried to tag along, but Laura and Lucius kept him distracted.

"Dad, where are we going?" Paul asked, curious.

"Hmm? No idea. I just want to talk with you. There are two things I want us to chat about."

"What things?" Paul asked again, not quite getting what his dad meant.

"Well... The first and most important one—You know I love you, right?"

"Yes, Dad! I love you too, but... what's all this about?"

"Oh, I know! Let's go to the lookout point!" Maximus said, remembering it was an open spot, perfect for a heart-to-heart. "I want to have a man-to-man talk with you," he said sincerely.

"Really? Why?" Paul asked, surprised.

"Hey, do you want anything from the store?"

"A soda?"

"Alright, first store we see, we'll stop and grab one."

As soon as they saw a little shop, father and son hopped out to get sodas and some snacks.

"What's up, Dad? You seem kinda off today," Paul asked, a bit thrown off by his dad's mood.

"Hey... how've you been these past few days?"

"Great, Dad! Really great, I'd say…" he answered honestly.

"Remember a while back, when we went to the Maldives, and you asked me about the woman I was married to before your mom?" Maximus said, trying to ease into it.

"Yeah… but you didn't want to tell me anything," Paul said seriously.

"Well, I dreamed about her today. It was such a vivid dream... it almost felt like going back in time."

"What?" Paul said, surprised.

"Son… I've noticed you've been going out with a lot of girls, which isn't a bad thing, but I just want you to keep something in mind."

"All those girls are with you because they want something from you. I won't lie, I'm not totally okay seeing you surrounded by so many girls.

"And I've got to admit it—you're a really handsome kid. You got that from your mom. But you need to be careful.

"Sometimes, without meaning to, we hurt the wrong people... and that's the kind of karma that sticks with you for life."

"What do you mean by that, Dad? Are you finally gonna tell me the story about that girl and you?" Paul asked, seizing the moment of honesty from his father.

"What do you want to know?" Maximus replied calmly.

"Everything!"

"Well, I'm not gonna tell you everything. That's a whole lifetime, and I don't want to dwell on something that happened so long ago.

"But what I will tell you is that I put her through some pretty rough moments—moments you should never, and I mean never, repeat."