At the center of it all was Julian. Julian was a mistake wrapped in a linen shirt—a local artist with a laugh that made you feel like you were the only person in the room who understood the joke. Our "relationship," if you could call it that, was built on the shaky foundation of midnight swims and intense, caffeinated conversations about things like legacy and the color of the Atlantic. It was a classic romantic storyline: the whirlwind fling that feels like a lifetime because it has an expiration date. He was my summer distraction, the person I used to avoid looking at the messy reality of my post-grad life.
And then I didn't say anything perfect. I said: "I don't know. But I like it. And I'm not going to try to turn it into a genre." My Wild Sexy Summer With Country Chicks... -HOT
They didn’t share me. That’s the wrong word. They circulated me. One night with Daisy, all fire and sugar. One night with Maeve, all quiet intensity and sparks. One night with June, all laughter and limbs. Sometimes two of them. One unforgettable, thunderstorm-lit night, all three. At the center of it all was Julian