Deep End

Deep End

Author: Ali Hazelwood Listening Length: 13h 45m
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A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A junior at Stanford and a student athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrat...

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CHAPTER 66

I KNOW YOU DON’T OWE ME ANYTHING,” SHE TELLS ME THE SECOND we’re sitting together in the park across the club. No benches are devoid enough of bird shit to meet our lofty standards, so we say a little prayer about the weight limit and settle on the swings, like we did last summer in Coach Sima’s yard, where it all started. Pen’s head hangs low, carefully studying the groove her shoe carves in the sand. “Maryam said you weren’t in California. And I remembered you were still sharing your location, and . . .” She shrugs. “I could have called. But I decided that behavior as horrendous as mine deserved a grand gesture.”

I consider myself a nice person, but I’m not even tempted to deny it.

“You don’t have to accept any apology. I just wanted to look you in the eye when I said . . .” She seems to realize that she’s not, in fact, looking me in the eye, and lifts her head. “I’m sorry, Vandy. I screwed up, big-time. And I have no excuses.”