The Summer We Fell

The Summer We Fell

Author: Elizabeth O’Roark Listening Length: 9h 11m

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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I haven’t asked Donna for a single thing during the eighteen months I’ve spent under her roof, but one afternoon before the boys get home, when we’ve got a dinner guest coming and she’s still only making enough food for four of us, not six, I can’t stay silent.

“Luke’s hungry,” I tell her, my gaze focused hard on the potatoes I’m peeling as if what I’m saying doesn’t matter.

“What’s that?” she asks, distractedly, peering into a cookbook.

“Luke’s hungry. He’s a lot bigger than everyone else. He needs more food.”