That Last Summer

When he was only eight, Alexander St. Claire moved from London to a little town in Alicante, to a summer colored with green and the music of the ‘90s. On the other side of the swimming pool, in the house across the street, lived five-year-old Priscila Cabana.He taught her to count and to swim and to hold her breath. He colored her summers and she loved him from that first moment.She was his angel in the darkness, his Queen of the Desert.And then one summer afternoon, she just . . . left.Four years later, her beloved Mediterranean Sea, the sun,...

When he was only eight, Alexander St. Claire moved from London to a little town in Alicante, to a summer colored with green and the music of the ‘90s. On the other side of the swimming pool, in the house across the street, lived five-year-old Priscila Cabana.He taught her to count and to swim and to hold her breath. He colored her summers and she loved him from that first moment.She was his angel in the darkness, his Queen of the Desert.And then one summer afternoon, she just . . . left.Four years later, her beloved Mediterranean Sea, the sun, the water, and her brother’s wedding call Priscila back to her hometown. To her family, and the places she loves. But she also comes back to . . . Alex.Alex, who wants nothing to do with her. Whose eyes reflect only resentment and hostility. Who is still her husband.What happened that last summer?