Held in Your Hand

Those who showed me how to exist

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© 2026 o-okun

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First edition: 2026
Legal deposit: June 2026 (France)

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Before the prologue

People often say a story begins at birth.

Others believe it begins the first time we fall in love.

I’d say it begins the day we finally allow ourselves to be seen as we truly are.

That’s what this story is about.

And, in its own quiet way… about love, too.

o-okun

Table of contents

  1. Prologue
  2. Chapter 1 | First Day
  3. Chapter 2 | Arrival at the Company
  4. Chapter 3
  5. Chapter 4 | Group Work
  6. Chapter 5 | Office Scenes
  7. Chapter 6 | Seminar Announcement
  8. Chapter 7 | Nos etes sous la pluie
  9. Chapter 8 | Departure for the Seminar
  10. Chapter 9 | Team Building
  11. Chapter 10 | By the Water
  12. Chapter 11 | Evening
  13. Chapter 12 | First Scene
  14. Chapter 13 | Breakfast
  15. Chapter 14 | Back to the Office
  16. Chapter 15 | Second Scene
  17. Chapter 16 | Confidence
  18. Chapter 17 | Return
  19. Chapter 18 | Aicha
  20. Chapter 19 | Responsibility
  21. Chapter 20 | Break
  22. Chapter 21 | At Rock Bottom
  23. Chapter 22 | Jade
  24. Chapter 23 | Lyralda
  25. Chapter 24 | At the Highest Point
  26. End
  27. Epilogue
  28. Le bruit d'a cote

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