her,
Janey was surprised at just how at ease and safe she felt sharing a hotel room
with Redmond. As she turned on the TV, she thought to herself how silly her
initial apprehension had been.
When he exited the bathroom a few
minutes later, Janey was fast asleep. She’d turned out the lights and put the
TV on the local news. But she obviously didn’t catch much because the
silver-bluish light radiating from the television highlighted her angelic,
sleeping features.
So beautiful, Redmond thought as he turned off the TV and slid into his own bed.
.
. .
“Aaaaaaaaaa!!!” Janey’s piercing scream
woke Redmond.
She had bounced from her bed to his,
shaking like a leaf.
“There’s a . . . a . . . in my, my . . .
bed.”
“A what,” Redmond implored, holding her
to his chest and rubbing her back to try to calm her down. He reached for the
beside lamp, illuminating the room in soft light.
“A . . ugh, a . . . .a big
liza . . . lizard I think,” she managed to get out.
Sure enough, scurrying across the center
of her bed was a big, fat albino-looking lizard. They were natives to the
island and were harmless.
Janey knew this and wasn’t scared of the
little ones she saw every day on her hotel balcony. It wasn’t that lizards in
general scared her, it was big, fat ones; and especially big, fat albino ones.
She’d felt something crawling on her
face, which woke her up. Once she felt it, she hopped like a cat on a hot tin
roof from her bed to Redmond’s.
Redmond quickly tracked the little fella
down and set him free on the terrace, where he promptly disappeared over the
side, apparently as scared of the situation as Janey was of him.
Sitting in the middle of his bed with
her knees curled under her, Janey had almost regained her calm.
Embarrassed, she said, “Thanks. I’m not
such a big baby, really. It’s just that fat lizards, especially those albino
ones, scare the bejeezus out of me for some reason.”
“It’s no problem …”
“Know what? My daughter isn’t afraid of
any creature she’s ever encountered on this island, except albino
lizards. She said the color reminds her of an albino python she saw on a school
trip once. Ever since then, she’s been afraid of them.”
“Really?” Janey said, “You’re not just saying that to make me feel better?”
“Yep, really. I didn’t make that up. I find it ironic that neither one of you
are afraid of lizards, just a particular size and color of lizard.”
Redmond couldn’t stop himself from
chuckling.
Janey threw a pillow at his head.
“What’s so funny?” she said,
half-jokingly and half mad.
“Oh, I wasn’t laughing at that. I was
just thinking that you have quite the pair of lungs on you. No one could ever
kidnap you, that’s for sure.”
Embarrassed all over again, Janey
apologized again.
“Do you want to switch beds?” Redmond asked.
“I know it can be scary to get back in the same bed where you’ve just
encountered an unwelcome bedmate.”
“You wouldn’t mind, really?”
“No problem,” Redmond assured her.
Janey slid under the covers in Redmond’s bed.
He turned out the light after settling himself in her bed.
Janey tossed and turned, but it wasn’t entirely from her encounter with the
lizard. The pillow smelled of Redmond, the sheet she pulled up to her chin
smelled of him, and she swore she could smell him from across the room.
Hints of wood, vanilla, citrus and musk
assaulted her nostrils, almost like he was right there in the bed with her.
Unable to sleep either, Redmond fought valiantly
but lost the battle and took the two steps to her bed. Reaching for her in the
dark and without saying a word, he claimed her lips.
Janey didn’t
Janey was surprised at just how at ease and safe she felt sharing a hotel room
with Redmond. As she turned on the TV, she thought to herself how silly her
initial apprehension had been.
When he exited the bathroom a few
minutes later, Janey was fast asleep. She’d turned out the lights and put the
TV on the local news. But she obviously didn’t catch much because the
silver-bluish light radiating from the television highlighted her angelic,
sleeping features.
So beautiful, Redmond thought as he turned off the TV and slid into his own bed.
.
. .
“Aaaaaaaaaa!!!” Janey’s piercing scream
woke Redmond.
She had bounced from her bed to his,
shaking like a leaf.
“There’s a . . . a . . . in my, my . . .
bed.”
“A what,” Redmond implored, holding her
to his chest and rubbing her back to try to calm her down. He reached for the
beside lamp, illuminating the room in soft light.
“A . . ugh, a . . . .a big
liza . . . lizard I think,” she managed to get out.
Sure enough, scurrying across the center
of her bed was a big, fat albino-looking lizard. They were natives to the
island and were harmless.
Janey knew this and wasn’t scared of the
little ones she saw every day on her hotel balcony. It wasn’t that lizards in
general scared her, it was big, fat ones; and especially big, fat albino ones.
She’d felt something crawling on her
face, which woke her up. Once she felt it, she hopped like a cat on a hot tin
roof from her bed to Redmond’s.
Redmond quickly tracked the little fella
down and set him free on the terrace, where he promptly disappeared over the
side, apparently as scared of the situation as Janey was of him.
Sitting in the middle of his bed with
her knees curled under her, Janey had almost regained her calm.
Embarrassed, she said, “Thanks. I’m not
such a big baby, really. It’s just that fat lizards, especially those albino
ones, scare the bejeezus out of me for some reason.”
“It’s no problem …”
“Know what? My daughter isn’t afraid of
any creature she’s ever encountered on this island, except albino
lizards. She said the color reminds her of an albino python she saw on a school
trip once. Ever since then, she’s been afraid of them.”
“Really?” Janey said, “You’re not just saying that to make me feel better?”
“Yep, really. I didn’t make that up. I find it ironic that neither one of you
are afraid of lizards, just a particular size and color of lizard.”
Redmond couldn’t stop himself from
chuckling.
Janey threw a pillow at his head.
“What’s so funny?” she said,
half-jokingly and half mad.
“Oh, I wasn’t laughing at that. I was
just thinking that you have quite the pair of lungs on you. No one could ever
kidnap you, that’s for sure.”
Embarrassed all over again, Janey
apologized again.
“Do you want to switch beds?” Redmond asked.
“I know it can be scary to get back in the same bed where you’ve just
encountered an unwelcome bedmate.”
“You wouldn’t mind, really?”
“No problem,” Redmond assured her.
Janey slid under the covers in Redmond’s bed.
He turned out the light after settling himself in her bed.
Janey tossed and turned, but it wasn’t entirely from her encounter with the
lizard. The pillow smelled of Redmond, the sheet she pulled up to her chin
smelled of him, and she swore she could smell him from across the room.
Hints of wood, vanilla, citrus and musk
assaulted her nostrils, almost like he was right there in the bed with her.
Unable to sleep either, Redmond fought valiantly
but lost the battle and took the two steps to her bed. Reaching for her in the
dark and without saying a word, he claimed her lips.
Janey didn’t
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