It Happened One Summer Kindle Novels & Stories

Why did he always watch me so closely, insisting I drink that glass of milk? Why did Lily and Julian appear in my life so suddenly and inexplicably? Why did his friends always call me… crazy? … The summer of my junior year, beneath the deafening chorus of cicadas, I endured the most brutal, blood-soaked, and violent experience of my life. It started with something so small. A few workers installing air conditioning at school stopped me to ask for directions. That was all. I did nothing but point them the right way. Then, one of them grinned wickedly.

"Who wants what?" We placed our orders, and Ariana and Devon volunteered to brave the food truck lines. The rest of us settled into a comfortable conversation about nothing important: favorite beaches, worst sunburn stories, childhood summer memories. "Remember that summer we went to Coney Island and you got so sunburned you couldn't wear a bra for a week?" Hazel reminded me, giggling. I groaned. "Don't remind me. I had to wear band t-shirts to my internship." "Corporate rebellion at its finest," Nathaniel laughed.

"I can be Spider-Man and Batman? Best day ever!" He turned and bolted up the stairs two at a time, already lost in his own joy, completely unaware of the storm gathering beneath our roof. Alone in the hallway, my fingers drifted to the pendant resting against my collarbone, the one I had worn every single day for ten years. I didn't need to look at it to know the words engraved across its surface. 'Next summer, find me if you can.' I had written that promise for me and Miguel, believing it was the beginning of a love story.

Summer The brothers grabbed hold of me and started dragging me toward the front door. As they pulled me across the living room, my eyes drifted to the exact spot where I had fallen and broken my neck. I stared at it for a long moment before slowly shaking my head. So, it had all been for nothing. Everything I had gone through. Every ounce of pain. Every sacrifice. None of it had changed my fate. A bitter smile tugged at my lips. The Moon Goddess could be so cruel. She had given me a second chance only to throw me right back into the same nightmare. If this was how my story was always meant to end, then why save me in the first place?

Well, maybe I'm not the heroine of the story. The plane finally lands at LAX runway. It's been a terrible flight of my entire life. I could neither sleep not stayed perfectly awake. I'm just glad to be over with this entire summer ordeal. Talking of my appearance, I look haggard. I slide the sunglasses on as the L.A sun welcomes me unpleasantly.

Alexa said pulling my hair people were gathering and taking videos I was so embarrassed that I felt like I should hide I the ground " I was about yanking off her freaking hands off my hair when the security rushed over and separate us. "ain't done with you bitch" "duh" I gave her a mocking face and drove off.. decided to make a quick stop at Ana collection, I got new sets of underpants and sport bra for my mom and myself, I drove straight home thank God my mom isn't at home maybe nonna had taken her out for morning sunbath therapy in her flora garden. I arranged the frozen and leave the rest till when am back from classes, I freshen up and run along.

His face is softened by the moonlight, and something stirs inside me. "No. You've been awesome. My mind's just all over the place." "It's almost the end of summer. What do you think about it so far?" He tries to lighten up the mood. "Second of my wildest holidays, not going to lie. First one was when I went skydiving last winter and forgot to put my parachute on before jumping off the helicopter," I recall my near death experience. "But the thing is, I don't want this summer to end, because then you're just going to leave afterwards."

Raine’s dangerous situation, coupled with what Summer had said, had created a real sense of disgust in him. And then, in the midst of the fight with the two men, he heard Raine and her arguing on the cliff, but what he did not expect was that as he heard the words ‘let go’, she actually let go of her! He indeed felt a deep sense of revulsion at that moment. He thought she was merely joking, but he did not expect such a thing to actually happen… With a little smile, Summer said, “Well, that was a human life after all. I don’t think I’m that evil. I’m also afraid of bad karma and nightmares. You obviously overestimate my mental strength.”

Emilia stumbled a couple of times on her way back to her room. Due to embarrassment and with her sore body. She could not believe that she just had a one-night stand. She wanted to slap herself not because of humiliation. But because of regret that she was not sober when it happened. She dejectedly went into the bathroom. While removing her clothes, she noticed the hickeys on her body, especially near her breast. "Did he like my breast that much?" She said as she traces the hickeys in her chest with her finger.

Panic surged through me as I kneeled down beside her, torn between caring for my daughter and helping Hailey. "Daddy… Hailey hurt herself by saving me,” Summer whispered weakly, her voice barely audible over the chaos surrounding us. My heart sank as I realized the sacrifice Hailey had made for my daughter. “But your hands are covered in blood!” I exclaimed, my voice trembling with fear and concern. Summer’s eyes widened as she looked down at her hands, stained with Hailey’s blood, and the gravity of the situation hit me even harder. “It's Hailey’s blood, Daddy,” Summer said softly, her eyes filled with tears. My mind raced as I tried to figure out what had happened in the house when I was a