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 summer, and the sun is starting to rise. I wake, feeling guilty that I’ve slept in, though a year ago I’d have considered dawn bedtime , not an indulgent night’s sleep.

No one would fault me for sleeping in, my husband least of all, but I am still superstitious.

When he leaves to surf in the mornings, I like to remind him to be careful, though the warning is probably unnecessary now.

The waves on Oahu’s North Shore are daunting year-round, but ever since we found out I was pregnant, he takes fewer risks.