Good Without You

Good Without You Songs To Stories Volume IV Inspired By: Mean (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift

Some wounds aren't loud. They're quiet, invisible-and they don't always heal.

Lina spent her entire life trying to earn the love of a father who only ever saw through her. Overshadowed by a golden older sister and dismissed at every turn, she was the quiet child, the good girl, the one who disappeared into the wallpaper of her own life. But being good was never enough. Not for Arlo. Not for Michelle. Not for a family who only loved conditionally-if at all.

Now an adult, Lina has built a life of her own-far from the Pennsylvania town that never saw her, far from the house where she was silenced. But when her father dies, the past comes clawing back. Old ghosts, unfinished grief, and family dysfunction swirl once more as Lina is forced to reckon with the truth: that healing doesn't always come from reconciliation-it comes from release.

Good Without You is a powerful and unflinching story about the ache of being unloved, the strength it takes to walk away, and the quiet triumph of choosing yourself. For anyone who has ever had to heal without an apology, this is for you.