![]() Jeremiah and Belly want to swim in the ocean, but Conrad forbids it, saying that Belly is drunk. People start arriving for the party, and Belly begins drinking more. He’s openly disappointed when she only kisses him on the cheek. Pre-party, Jeremiah and Belly drink some alcohol, and he dares her to kiss him. Jeremiah decides that if it’s his last night at the beach house, he’s going to buy alcohol and throw a party. Fisher leaves after declaring that the house will be sold no matter how much Conrad opposes the idea. Fisher comes to the house to talk to Conrad, who refuses to accept his father’s plan to get rid of the beach house. Instead, he came to save his mother’s favorite place from being sold by his out-of-touch father. When Conrad sends the woman away and informs her that the house isn’t going to be put up for sale after all, Belly realizes that Conrad didn’t come to the summerhouse to skip his exams and escape his problems. Fisher’s real estate agent visits the house. Belly and Jeremiah stay the night so that they can continue their persuasion the next day.Įven though her interaction with Conrad is tense and unfriendly, Belly is thrilled to be back at the beach house where she made so many childhood memories. He insists that he’s not leaving the beach house. Jeremiah and Belly arrive at the beach house, where they attempt to convince Conrad to return to school. Even though they only kissed, it was the most romantic night of Belly’s life. He drove her out to the beach house in Cousins Beach, and they stayed overnight. He pulled up outside her house at midnight, and she ran out to join him in the car. If he misses his Monday exams, he’ll fail his summer term.īelly recalls the previous Christmas when Conrad had driven for hours just to see her. Heartbroken, Belly had told Conrad their relationship was over.Īt Conrad’s university, they learn that he has gone to the beach house. Belly realized that he only attended her prom because his mother wanted him to. She had to pressure him into attending it with her, he looked miserable the whole time, and he would barely dance or make conversation or do any of the fun romantic prom activities she’d dreamed about. This causes Belly to remember her disastrous prom with Conrad. Jeremiah mentions that Belly’s prom photos with Conrad looked good.īelly wonders how Jeremiah knew that Conrad drove down from college to attend prom with her the previous spring. Jeremiah picks her up, and they drive toward Conrad’s college to question his roommate about Conrad’s disappearance. He felt resentful that she would choose Conrad over him and even more jealous of the fact that, after years of ignoring her, Conrad suddenly showed an interest in Belly.īelly lies and tells her mother that she’ll be staying at her best friend Taylor’s house for a day or two. She arrived at the summerhouse suddenly mature and beautiful, and he began to see her in a romantic light, even though she only had eyes for Conrad. In Jeremiah’s point of view, he recalls how much Belly had changed the previous summer. Jeremiah wants Belly to come on a road trip to help him find Conrad. ![]() Conrad has skipped his summer classes and has been missing from college for two days. In July, Belly is still mourning Susannah’s loss and going through the motions of normal life. She said that she hated him, and the two parted ways on bad terms. Then he said he was wrong to ever start a romance with her because she’s so childish. Conrad told Belly to grow up, and she cursed at him. The girl was Conrad’s ex-girlfriend Aubrey, and even though Belly and Conrad had already ended their romantic connection, the sight of him being comforted by another girl drove her into a fit of jealousy. Belly recalls that the beach house was full of people after the funeral, and when Belly went to find Conrad, he was in the basement resting his head on a girl’s lap. They finally established a romantic relationship the previous summer, but the two exchanged harsh words at Susannah’s funeral. Belly feels like she has lost the whole Fisher family, not just Susannah, since she has scarcely spoken to Jeremiah since the funeral and her relationship with her former boyfriend, Conrad, is even more strained.īelly has been in love with Conrad since she was a child. Susannah died of cancer in May, leaving all her friends and family grieving. Her mom, Laurel, and their mom, Susannah, were lifelong best friends, so Belly, her mom and her older brother, Steven, have spent every summer at Susannah’s house in Cousins Beach.īut this summer, everything is different. Belly Conklin has grown up with Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher. ![]()
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