Meet Derrick Muprhy! Derrick is Brendon’s older brother. He’s ten years older, to be exact. Their relationship has always been dictated by their age difference, but they were close when they were younger. Derrick loves music, and at the age of 21, he set off for California to take a chance on the music industry. Time and distance fractured his relationship with Brendon, and the Derrick who returned home three years later was not the Derrick who left. Different hair color, new tattoos, and a whole new attitude.
Derrick is loud and outgoing, in the right social setting. He’s a party animal with a very particular set of “friends.” He’s completely self absorbed, without a care in the world, except when it comes to antagonizing his younger brother. . .at least that’s how Brendon sees him. Brendon’s perception of his brother is best summed up with the following thought, “You know those posters, the ones about everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten? Yeah, well I learned everything I shouldn’t do in life by watching my older brother.”
The Summer Between is told from Brendon’s point of view. Here’s what he thinks Derrick is interested in.
There’s a lot Derrick isn’t saying, though, and a lot Brendon isn’t aware of. Their summer together will either reunite the two brothers, or destroy their relationship forever.
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