The Smile We Never Questioned

By A. A. TAKYI

tThey called themselves the four musketeers - inseparable, always laughing, always together. Daniel painted the dreams he was too afraid to chase. Ruth learned, painfully, how to say I'm not okay. Kevin had a family that never let him fall too far. And Maya? Maya was the one who made everyone else feel like it would all be fine.

No one ever asked if she was fine. Because she never looked like she needed it.

Until the Monday her chair was empty.

The Smile We Never Questioned is a quietly devastating story about the friends who show up every day with a smile - and the people who love them most, who never think to ask what's underneath it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HFD3XN6C
• ISBN13: 9798191545691
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"