Second Time Through Book IIChapter 12 Candy s Striptease
Saturday, June 5, 1971 When I opened my eyes, there was a faint light peeking around the heavy drapes of the windows in my room. This had been my first night in the previous Michael's bed. It had been a good night. I scanned the still sleeping girl beside me. Candy was dreaming. Her emotions running freely, unencumbered by her worries or fears. There was a purity to them; young and unmarked by the ravages of time, or life's tumults. Last night, I had carried her up the stairs and down...