The honesty of it stung. Episode 4 was always about the truth coming out, the layer of veneer stripping away. She had spent the summer oscillating between the brooding intensity of the older brother and the golden retriever loyalty of the younger one. Now, she saw the cost.
Conrad looked at her for a long moment, the unspoken words of their complicated history hanging in the air, before he slowly set the box down on the deck railing.
"Okay," Conrad said quietly. "Then we stay." the summer i turned pretty s02e04 dvd5
Conrad raised an eyebrow, a ghost of his old smirk appearing. "Oh yeah? And how are we going to do that?"
"You're up early," Laurel said, her voice raspy. The honesty of it stung
"Couldn't sleep," Belly murmured, wrapping her cardigan tighter around herself. "Is he out there?"
If you meant something else — such as: Now, she saw the cost
Belly walked down to the shoreline. The sun was a pale yellow smear behind the gray clouds. She saw him—Jeremiah—standing near the water’s edge, the foam licking at his sneakers. He looked like a statue, immovable and cold.