Long before the world knew Justin Bieber, Pattie Mallette was a wounded child trying to survive chaos no one protected her from. Abandoned by her father, abused at three, raped at fifteen, numbed by drugs and alcohol, she spiraled so low she tried to end her life. Nineteen days in a mental health facility, and a pastor who saw a future in her shattered pieces, became the first fragile thread of hope she could hold on to.

When she discovered she was pregnant at seventeen, people urged her to make the “problem” disappear. Instead, she chose the baby who would one day be a global superstar, forcing herself to grow up faster than she ever had the chance to as a child. Her faith was never neat or easy, but it became the map she followed through shame, trauma, and single motherhood. Years later, telling Justin the truth at twelve made him weep—and bound them closer. Their bond is not built on fame, but on surviving the fire together, and refusing to let the past define who they are becoming.