Things I Never Said
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Max hides it well - the bruises, the hunger, the silence inside him.
Everyone notices too late. And by the time anyone cares, Max is already unraveling.
A slow descent into the cracks beneath a perfect façade.
Set across the 2021 Formula One season, this is the story of the things Max never said - and the things that might have saved him.
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