"Good night, honey, sweet dreams," Neil gently kissed Candy on her soft lips.
She sighed when the man quitted hold of her hands.
"Now, go to bed, you! The sooner you fall asleep, the sooner we meet," the fiancé hurried her. Miss White nodded and ran upstairs.
Candy closed the door, changed to home clothes and lay on the bed. What a great day it had been! Everything went fine with doctor Martin, and now she had a job, too.
But her main thoughts were about the upcoming engagement and wedding. It was so sad to part every evening… She wanted to be with him, always, forever.
The girl's gaze landed on the white envelope of Mister Albert's letter that she hadn't answered yet. It wouldn't be good if she never wrote anything to him.
Miss White sat at the table, took a sheet of paper, put the pen in the inkstand and wrote:
Dear Mr. Albert,
It is unpardonably of me to not have been writing to you for so long. It is not your fault, not at all. Love always brings only good and happy feelings. I love you very much, Mr. Albert.
You know, I am getting married. I will be very happy if you could visit our wedding on September 19. I am looking forward to seeing you! Our relationships have been tried and tested by time and by different events, and I sincerely hope we will always remain close to each other.
Yours,
Candy
Candy sealed the envelope. Maybe a little too dry, but she had written it with all her heart. She would really be happy to see him on that joyful day. Not only him, but everybody. Even Eliza.
She would soon become wife!
The girl put on a night-gown and switched off the lights. She wrapped herself in the blanket, but couldn't fall asleep.
The expectation of the happy day that was about to come swept over her, and she hugged her pillow. Soon!
Was she actually going to be happy? She had always thought she had to wait, earn it, let it go, try a little harder… But now, she was going to be with her beloved man very soon! She really couldn't believe it. Getting married was simple, nothing stood in the way. And she had found a job. And she had found support at Pony's Home…
Candy put her arm under the pillow and took the handkerchief that Neil had given to her. It smelled of his cologne, but to Miss White it smelled of Neil.
The girl had taken this handkerchief so many times in her hands that she could easily find the inscription "D. Legan" in the darkness.
Daniel Legan! Oh, Daniel! He had wished her good night, but she couldn't fall asleep. Her dreams had been quite restless recently.
Soon they would spend the night together.
When Candy thought about it, she would always go hot and cold.
Why was it like that? How was it going to be?
The girl had seen naked men, she was a nurse, after all. She had bandaged them, she knew what was going to happen physiologically.
But those men were her patients, she hadn't thought of them the way she thought about… him.
Dear God!
Her fantasy broke at the picture of him kissing her and unfastening her wedding dress… She just couldn't think of the rest.
But the mere thought of them spending the night together was insanely tempting. Frightening, but exciting. And she had this feeling in the lower part of her stomach, spreading around the cells of her body…
She wanted to be with him, to become one…
Candy buried her face in the pillow. How could she sleep if her heart was pounding so hard?
She would touch his naked chest…
Good thing no one could read her mind! No one should ever know about it…