That Summer A Novel Novels & Stories

I look at the book in his hand. It was a cartoon novel. You know, those comic novels about historical characters. I read the title, and I shook my head. “That’s a series, nakita ko yung trailer but I never watch it,” I tell him. He waves it in my face, “Let’s watch this, and let’s dress up like them when Halloween comes” he grins at me. I looked at him dumbfounded before taking the book in his hands and opening it. I looked at the graphic, and the characters, and read some of the lines. “I’ll be the female lead, no one else, I don’t want to be the pretending nice bitch here,” I tell him, and Brye cracks in a few laughs. He takes the book from me, “you are the female lead, Lili, I’ll be the s

She also told me how much money she had saved monthly. [Zayn, I’ll keep waiting for you to come back.] I did not go home during the New Year because I was busy. During the summer break of the following year, I went back to my hometown. But Layla was not around. She had gone to Northcall for her postgraduate studies. She had mentioned that in the text she sent me. “Did you get used to living abroad? You’ve lost weight.” Madeline’s eyes teared up as she inquired after me.

Ivan will move on, and all of this will just be a strange summer memory we both pretend never happened. Honestly, I was beginning to regret coming back here at all. I just wanted a break. A peaceful, quiet vacation. But instead, I got swept into something I never saw coming.

Whoever out there who was ruling the universe must have been feeling particularly fond of me today, cause as soon as I whisk out of the enormous front gates of my Dad's mansion, a cab comes my way and stops for me as I stretch out my arm in sort of a wave. Our security opens the cab door for me and helps me into the back seat. I breathe an unintentional sigh of relief as soon the door swings shut and the taxi starts moving. Going out was much more simple when I was with my mother back in Japan. The ride to my workplace was quiet. After telling the driver the address of the bookstore, I spent most of the time, peering out of the window. I find myself thinking about Adonis once again as I noti

Not ever. Summer sat by the window, staring out into the darkness. The cold breeze from the open window brushed against her skin, but the chill in the air was nothing compared to the unease gnawing at her chest. Hilda had just left for the night, and now she was alone, consumed by thoughts of what Jessica was planning. Her mind couldn't settle, turning over the conversation she'd overheard earlier. Jessica's words echoed in her mind—When the foxes leave tomorrow, Summer will go with them.

No" Mr Gabriel said and Beatrice stood up to her dad and hugged him, she didn't know how to comfort her father but she could only comfort him in her silence. Sam stood and walked out of the house, no comment, no reaction to the discussion. Mr Gabriel sighs and goes to his room afterward. They were ready to go with the method of 'time heals'. **** In Salford, Joy happily hopped into the house and saw Aunty Mimi smiling at her, she hugged her and handed over her baggages to her. "Where is Aunty Beatrice?" She asked but was too impatient for a response, she went straight to her room to freshen up and came back to the dining table, fresh and clean.

Bella dashed to the door and placed two umbrellas next to it, while I walked over and zipped up her school bag for her. A gentle breeze swept past the window, carrying the rich, malty scent of fresh bread from the streets below. Somewhere out there, spring was quietly blooming. The world outside our door was silent and vast. We weren't waiting for anyone to come and take us home anymore. We had found our own way.

She looked up, caught me smiling, and smiled. That was it. That was the moment I was done for. Twenty one years old and this is what my life had become. Locked in my room on the first week of summer, curtains drawn, laptop open, completely feral over a woman I could never have. Dad was at work. Laura was somewhere in the house being loud about it. And Nicole was always the problem.

And whoever that man in the shadows was… he knew way too much. The game Summer was playing was bigger than I thought. And it was getting closer to home.

Summer immediately saw some strange things. She glanced at the man, who was watching her eagerly, and opened the album. The moment she opened the album, Summer tossed the phone away in horror.