EYE CANDY - Chapter 26: Miracles and Moonlight
It's amazing what you can hear through a wall.
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Back at the house, everyone showered and changed clothes and went their separate ways, mostly to bed.
Danny and Candy retired to their room on the second floor, next to the room occupied by Rory and Harley.
While Candy enjoyed a hot shower to cleanse herself of the cold, salty seawater, Danny headed downstairs to the kitchen to fetch a couple bottles of drinking water from the pantry. Upon exiting his room, he discovered Hertz and Volta sprawled on the floor outside his door. Both cats followed him downstairs.
With water in hand, Danny exited the kitchen and had one foot on the stairs when he heard voices.
“We can’t let him do it.”
“It’s his life.”
“I knew I shouldn’t have told you. I promised Danny I wouldn’t say anything. I’m a lousy friend.”
“You’re not a lousy friend. This is huge news. You had to tell me.”
“Danny’s going to be pissed.”
“He’s not going to be pissed. The only reason he asked you not to tell me is because he thinks I have a thing for Candy.”
“You do have a thing for Candy.”
“I know.”
“But Candy has a thing for Danny.”
“I know.”
“And Harley has a thing for Danny. And for you.”
“I know.”
“And you have a thing for Harley.”
“Yes. I know.”
Tim sighed. “So what’re we going to do?”
“Nothing.”
“Nothing?”
“That’s right. He loves her. She loves him. I’m not about to stand in the way of that. I’m a lousy friend, too, but I’m not that lousy. Besides, things are going really well between me and Harley. Did Danny say when he’s going to do it?”
“Tomorrow night. During the fireworks.”
“God, that’s perfect.”
“I know.”
“Think Candy will say yes?”
“Danny thinks so.”
Silence.
“I best head upstairs. Harley’s waiting for me.”
“Have fun.”
Danny climbed the stairs to his room and went inside. He met Candy coming out of the bathroom. She wore a white towel around her body, cinched by a tuft nestled between her breasts. Her hair was damp and smelled fresh.
Danny removed his clothes. Candy freed herself from the bath towel. They slid into bed.
A few minutes later, they heard the slow, rhythmic compression of mattress coils through the wall.
Danny and Candy smiled at one another. Danny lay behind Candy, with one arm draped around her, holding her tight. The angles, bends, and curves of his body fit perfectly with hers. Almost as if each had been created to fit the other.
They lay together, looking out the window at the ocean bright with moonlight, and listening to the cresting of the waves upon the beach.
Danny spoke gently into Candy’s ear. “Did you enjoy your swim?”
“Very much.”
“And the dolphins?”
“A miracle.”
“I’m glad you enjoyed it.”
“Thank you. But I didn’t do it for me. I did it for Barney.”
They lay quietly, listening to the waves through the open window, until sleep claimed them.
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