Turned Pretty — Book 3 The Summer I

“You don’t have to pretend with me,” Belly said.

She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, squared her shoulders, and walked back down to the fire. book 3 the summer i turned pretty

Belly watched the flames from the edge of the dune, a red plastic cup dangling from her fingers. She wasn’t drinking. She was counting. “You don’t have to pretend with me,” Belly said

Three summers ago , she thought, I would have been sitting right between them. squared her shoulders

“Jeremiah just pretended to fall into the fire. On purpose. For a girl.”