Helsinki is not a safe place to grow up.
It is a town that teaches people how to disappear, quietly and completely with no traces to track .
Tom Queens knows this better than anyone.
His father never hit him .
And that made him all the more dangerous.
The line between love and control blurry .
His mother loved him .
Her devotion dedicated towards a broken church and surviving an even more broken and dangerous marriage .
They were the picture perfect family .
At least on the surface.
Because when it was ball time the masks had to come on .
Behind closed doors love becomes control , obedience a means of survival. Tom realises the importance learning when to speak and keep shut lest his fathers hand strikes , with biting words .
His fathers cruelty was never made to leave a bruise, but I'd leave a permanent mark .
A story about abuse that leaves no bruises, love that demands ownership, and a boy who must decide whether escape means running away or confronting the truth of what he has been raised to become.
Helsinki in all its glory .
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