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    He thought surviving was the hardest part. He was wrong.
    After a brutal assault shatters Louis Tomlinson’s world, he finds himself trapped between recovery and the unbearable need to keep life together—for his son, for the man he still loves, and for a version of himself he no longer recognizes. As he stumbles through trauma therapy, hospital rooms, and courtrooms, Louis must confront not just the attack, but a lifetime of silence, shame, and secrets.

    Harry is by his side—but love isn’t simple, not when trust is broken and the past refuses to stay buried.

    In a world where friends may not be friends, and truth is a weapon as much as it is a lifeline, Louis fights to reclaim his voice, his family, and maybe, just maybe, himself.

    A gut-wrenching, tender, and fiercely human story about survival, healing, and the people who hold us when we can’t stand on our own.

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