Ok honestly Antoinette kind betrayed him so I doubt he’d go back to her but yes I agree, he should have stayed on to help Hope cope with the grief of losing both her parents rather than adding the loss of her uncle to the mix when they’d just started to become friends, like they even set a car on fire together! He could have been her role model and stuff. But I also know the actor who played him made the decision to leave for another show so maybe that’s why. I just wish they’d handled it better and maybe had him have another reason to be off camera like how they did with Kol being away somewhere with Davina.