Summer love’s return journey Ch 1

Summer love’s return journey Ch 1

Summer Love’s Return Journey 

Chapter

That summer when I was nineteen, I threw 

everything away and ran off with Jake

Young Jake, with tears in his eyes, promised 

me he’d never let me down

Then, last winter, at twentysix, I got 

diagnosed with cancer

And Jake? He was busy celebrating his 

childhood sweetheart’s birthday

I walked out of the hospital, the first snow of 

winter falling all around me

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Clutched in my hand was the paper, the one 

that said stomach cancer.I pulled out my 

phone, wanting to call Jake

Our last text exchange? It was over a week 

ago

Ever since his childhood friend, Summer

came back from overseas, we’d been fighting

We were basically in a cold war

He barely came home anymore

Staring at my empty contacts list, I realized

didn’t have anyone else to talk to

Remembering the doctor saying I only had 

months to live… 

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After a long hesitation, I dialed Jake’s 

number

It rang and rang, but no surprise, no answer

The wind, thick with snowflakes, whipped at 

my face. I was freezing, so I pulled out my 

scarf and wrapped it around my neck

Maybe it was just in my head, but since 

getting sick, I was always cold

The scarf was a simple white one, with a cute 

little teddy bear knitted onto the end

Jake had made it for me, my oneofakind 

eighteenth birthday present

That year, all the girls in our class were 

I was all thumbs, couldn’t get it right, kept 

stabbing myself with the needles

Jake got so worried, he refused to let me 

keep trying

Then, on my birthday, he gave me the scarf 

he’d made himself, wrapping it around my 

neck

Feeling that familiar warmth against my skin,

suddenly needed to see Jake

His office wasn’t far from the private hospital 

where I’d had my tests

It was midafternoon when I got there, but 

the office was eerily quiet. The receptionist 

was nowhere to be found

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I rode the elevator to the top floor, to the 

CEO’s office

The normally sleek, industrialchic space was 

covered in pink balloons and rose petals

Fairy lights twinkled everywhere

Employees were gathered in a circle

cheering. In the center stood Jake, smiling

and Summer

Summer was wearing a frilly pink dress and

birthday cake hat, looking super cute

They looked perfect together, like a prince 

and princess

Summer looked up and saw me, then gave 

Jake a surprised look

I walked in, like a gatecrasher ruining the 

party

Happy birthday, Summer.” 

Then I turned to Jake. Summer’s birthday

You didn’t say a word. I totally spaced on 

getting her a gift.” 

Before Jake could answer, Summer chirped 

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Summer love’s return journey

Summer love’s return journey

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