The Summer We Fell

The Summer We Fell

Author: Elizabeth O’Roark Listening Length: 9h 11m
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He was my boyfriend’s best friend—and the bane of my existence. I wanted to hate Luke Taylor. I did hate him. I just never hated him enough. Now, a decade later, tragedy has brought us back to the place where it all happened—my best times, and my worst. Our lives have changed, but that pull between us is just as str...

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M ost people talk about going home with fondness. But for me, even the good memories of home are now tinged with pain, with a reminder of what I’ve lost. That’s one reason I’ve waited seven years to come back, but not the most important one.

The freeway skirts around Haverford, which looks just as shitty as it ever did. Cash would laugh his ass off if he was here now. He’d bring up my “white trash roots” again, after a couple of drinks. He’d never stop bringing it up, most likely.

Donna pats my shoulder as her gaze follows mine. “I check on her occasionally,” she says of my mother. “Not much has changed.”