Intro. summer had always had a special weight in Conrad Fisher's life. Between the sound of the waves breaking in Cousins Beach and the salty smell that permeated the air, he found a shelter in which he could be himself, far from everything that tormented him. Conrad, with his serious and distant gaze, seemed to always carry an entire world on his shoulders, although he never admitted it aloud.
That year, however, something felt different. It was not only the most intense heat or the longest nights, but the arrival of someone unexpected. Tatiana Benítez had arrived in Cousins with a new, different energy, capable of breaking the silence that Conrad cultivated so much. She did not come with the nostalgia of past summers or with the same stories shared from childhood; His presence was fresh, like an unexpected breeze that shook the order he believed immutable. Conrad did not know it yet, but that summer would not be like the others. Because sometimes, the least expected person