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 t’s coming to an end. I have six days until the gala, and once I leave here, it’s all behind me. I’ve let down my guard a bit, though I shouldn’t. I just want one last chance to pretend these things are mine.

I go to the store with him. I follow him around the house like the lovesick girl I’ve always been. He’s folding laundry—I offer to help.

“I still have your sweatshirt,” I admit as we fold. “That UCSD one you loaned me the night I ran from the sorority house. I guess I should give it back.”