Peyton's Pleasure (12 page)

w
a
it
re
ss
e
s
w
er
e
bu
s
y
t
a
king
a
nd
f
illing
o
r
d
e
r
s.
S
he
c
h
ec
k
e
d
the s
c
h
e
dule
to
lo
ca
te
h
e
r
a
re
a
a
nd
jump
e
d
in
the
fr
a
y
.
N
a
t
u
ra
l
l
y
,
she
e
nd
e
d
up
with
s
e
v
e
ra
l
o
f
the s
a
me
c
ustom
er
s
fr
o
m
the ni
g
ht
b
ef
o
re
.
I
t
a
lw
a
y
s
a
mus
e
d
h
e
r
to
s
e
e
how
th
e
y
fa
r
e
d
the
n
e
x
t
d
a
y
.
I
t
b
e
ca
me
a
g
a
m
e
to
s
e
e
if
s
h
e
c
ould
out
-
smile
th
e
m
af
t
e
r
on
l
y
f
ive
hou
r
s
of
sl
e
e
p. Usu
a
l
l
y
, she
won.

B
y
quitting
time
th
a
t
e
v
e
nin
g
,
P
e
y
ton
w
a
n
t
e
d
n
o
thing
mo
r
e
th
a
n to
c
limb
in
a
hot
tub
a
nd
so
a
k
f
or
hou
r
s,
th
e
n
jump
b
ac
k
into
b
e
d.
I
t w
a
sn
’
t
g
oi
n
g
to
h
a
pp
e
n,
thou
g
h.
S
he
n
ee
d
e
d
b
u
y
g
r
o
cer
i
e
s
a
nd
to
do
a
t
l
ea
st
one
lo
a
d
of
l
a
und
r
y
.
P
lus,
she
h
a
dn
’
t
b
e
e
n
a
ble
to
ca
t
c
h
up with
G
ra
d
y
a
f
t
e
r
a
ll.
As
soon
a
s
she
m
a
de
it
h
o
m
e
,
she
ca
ll
e
d
him
a
g
a
in.

“
H
e
y
,
P
e
y
ton.
I
’
m on
m
y
w
a
y
to
y
o
u
r
pl
a
c
e
now.”

“
I
’
m su
r
e
y
ou kn
o
w wh
a
t
I
w
a
nt to t
a
lk
a
bout,”
s
h
e
s
a
id.
“
Or
who
.
”
He
l
a
u
g
h
e
d.

“
Ok
a
y
,
s
e
e
y
ou
in
a
f
e
w
.
”
S
he
hung
up
a
nd
b
e
g
a
n
m
a
king
out
h
e
r

g
r
o
ce
r
y
list while
she
w
a
it
e
d on him to show up.

L
e
ss
th
a
n
tw
e
n
t
y
minut
e
s
l
a
t
er
,
the
doo
r
b
e
ll
r
a
n
g.
G
ra
d
y
w
a
lk
e
d in with a
hu
g
e
smile
on
h
is
face
.
S
he
f
r
own
e
d
a
t him.

“
W
h
a
t
’
s so
f
un
n
y
?
”
s
h
e
d
e
m
a
nd
e
d.
“
You two
a
r
e
,”
he
s
a
id.

“
W
h
a
t
ar
e
y
ou
t
a
lking
a
bou
t
?
Th
ere’
s
no
one
h
er
e
but
y
ou
a
nd

m
e
.”

G
ra
d
y
w
a
lk
e
d ov
e
r
to the
fr
idge
a
nd pull
e
d out a
b
eer
.

“
I just
l
e
f
t
R
y
k
er’
s
pl
a
ce
.
He
w
a
nt
e
d
to
know
a
ll
a
bout
y
ou.
N
o
w
y
o
u
c
a
ll
a
nd
w
a
nt
to
know
a
ll
a
bout
him.
S
ee
ms
p
re
t
t
y
f
un
n
y to
m
e
.” He
smi
r
k
e
d b
e
f
o
r
e
t
a
ki
n
g a
d
r
ink of
the
b
e
er
.

“
W
h
y
do
y
ou think
I
w
a
n
t to know
a
bout hi
m
?
”

“
B
e
ca
u
s
e
y
ou
w
er
e
int
e
r
e
st
e
d
in
him
l
a
st
ni
g
ht.
I
c
ould
s
e
e
it
in
y
o
ur
e
y
e
s.”