Forever? (Ebook)

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He stayed. But staying cost him everything. Malik didn't plan to become a father. He just kept showing up—for the woman he loved, for the boy who started calling him Dad, for a fam ily that needed him more than they knew how to say. But somewhere between the school pickups and the late-night bedtimes, between the missed dinners and the empty apologies, Malik stopped being a partner and became a placeholder. The man who held everything together while she built a life that didn't include him. Forever? is the story of a man caught between the family he's building and the self he's losing. A story about invisible labor, quiet resentment, and the kind of love that keeps you anchored to a life you're not sure you recognize anymore. This isn't a story about walking away. It's about what happens when staying becomes its own kind of leaving. For readers who love emotionally complex fiction that doesn't offer easy answers—just honest ones. Show more