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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T wo days after Donna tells me about the internship she’s gotten me, the one that will have me staying with them for another year, Luke shows up in my section again. He shouldn’t be here, and I shouldn’t want to stay right by his side while he is.

I arrive at his table with coffee and juice and a bagel before he’s said a word. They’re all I can give him for free, and even the bagel might be a problem. I’ll pay for it if Charlie notices.

He smells like sunscreen, and the saltwater drying in his hair gives it a little curl. There’s something inside him that seems to glow after he’s spent the morning surfing, something that makes me want to be near him even more than I already do.

“How were the waves?”