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 he night before Luke and Danny are due to leave for training camp, we head to the beach to celebrate Luke’s win earlier in the day—a shortboard contest at Steamer Lane that finally got him the attention he deserves from potential sponsors.

When we arrive, Luke’s just getting out of the water and wearing nothing but a wet suit, peeled down and hanging off his waist. His body is a symphony, every muscle a separate instrument, coming together to make something so beautiful it hardly seems real.

As he takes a seat, I have to look away.

“Someone should call the police,” Grady says, on another of his rants, which are a regular occurrence. “It’s disgusting.”