I Almost Do (Surviving Summer OC)

"When I tell you I want you why can't you believe me?" He spoke softly, desperately searching my eyes for answers I couldn't give him.

I mustered up a tiny helpless smile, a salty tear teetering over my lower lashes and down my cheek.

"I want to, I hope you know I want to, I almost do..."

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Ellie Marsh is home, after a full year away at boarding school she is back home in shore-haven prepared to have an amazing summer with her friends. Still struggling with the death of her mother and neglect of her father, she is the most introverted of the group. Not to go unnoticed by the new boy in town Baxter Radic. Can the spunky, unpredictable, pyromaniac bring the happy back to the once bright Ellie Marsh? Will she be able to let him in for fear of risking another goodbye?

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