Lottie Tomlinson Shared Painful Details Of How She And Her Brother Louis Tomlinson Desperately Tried To Help Their Sister Félicité Before Her Tragic Death At Age 18

Eventually, Félicité was asked to leave her boarding school, and while Lottie invited her to move into her London apartment, Félicité declined. 
“She didn’t want that knowing that she wouldn’t have the freedom to escape in the ways she knew how,” Lottie explains. “I found it hard that she didn’t want my help, even if what I was offering wasn’t going to solve her problems. At the end of the day, I wasn’t Mum, I couldn’t give her what she needed, but it obviously didn’t stop me from trying.”
Félicité ended up temporarily moving in with One Direction’s former hair and makeup artist and Tomlinson family friend Lou Teasdale, and Lottie tried to get her sister on the right path by arranging work for her.
She and Louis also encouraged Félicité to see a therapist, but after one meeting with one, she refused to go back. They also sent their sister to rehab “a couple of times,” although Lottie admits that she “never thought” the issue was to do with addiction.
“So many people were quick to judge Fizz without fully understanding the situation, or the pain she had been through,” she says. 
Offering a glimmer of hope to others who have been bereaved, Lottie acknowledges that she once thought that she would never experience happiness again. 
While she still misses her mom and sister every day, Lottie says that she has created a beautiful life with her family, and even goes so far as to consider herself “lucky” in spite of all of her hardships.
Elsewhere in Lucky Girl, Lottie opens up about the tragic death of her mom, details the two years that she spent on tour with One Direction when she was just 16 years old, recalls how her family’s life changed with Louis’s ascent to superstardom, and shares how she carved a successful influencer career for herself.
Lottie also offers readers plenty of incredibly valuable tools and advice for navigating grief, and discusses her role as an ambassador for Sue Ryder, a bereavement support charity. 
The National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline is 1-800-950-6264 (NAMI) and provides information and referral services; GoodTherapy.org is an association of mental health professionals from more than 25 countries who support efforts to reduce harm in therapy.