Peyton's Pleasure (140 page)

“
I
st
ar
t
e
d
m
y m
a
n
a
g
e
m
e
nt
c
onsulting
busin
e
ss
a
bout
e
i
g
ht
y
e
ar
s
a
g
o.
I n
e
v
e
r
d
r
e
a
m
e
d
it
would
tu
r
n
into the
su
cce
ss
it
h
a
s
in su
c
h
a sho
r
t
p
er
iod
of
tim
e
.
B
y the
e
nd
of
t
h
e
f
i
r
st
t
h
re
e
y
e
ar
s,
I w
a
s
a million
a
i
r
e
a
nd
b
y
the
e
n
d
of
the
n
e
x
t
th
re
e
y
e
a
r
s,
I
w
a
s
a
billion
a
i
re
.
I
t
c
a
me
with
a
st
e
e
p
p
r
i
c
e
thou
g
h.
I
f
ound
out
I
c
ouldn
’
t
t
r
ust
a
n
y
o
n
e to
be
rea
l
ar
ound
m
e
.
T
h
e
y
told
me
wh
a
t
th
e
y
t
hou
g
ht
I
w
a
n
t
e
d
to h
ear
,
did
w
h
a
t
th
e
y tho
u
g
ht
would
m
a
k
e
me
h
a
pp
y
,
p
r
e
t
e
nd
e
d
to
like me
f
or
me
a
nd
not
f
or
m
y
mon
e
y
.
”
R
y
k
e
r
d
r
e
w
i
n
a
d
e
e
p
b
r
ea
th
a
nd l
e
t it out in a
so
f
t whoosh.

“
I
t
didn
’
t
t
a
ke
lo
n
g
f
or
me
to
r
ea
li
z
e
th
a
t
e
v
e
r
y
one
I
d
a
t
e
d
w
e
nt out
with
me
f
or
m
y mo
n
e
y
.
Th
e
y didn
’
t
like
the
s
a
me
thin
g
s
I
did
a
nd w
ere
n
’
t
into
the
s
a
me
thin
g
s
I w
a
s
into.
Ev
e
r
y
time
I
g
ot
c
lose
to som
e
on
e
,
I
’
d
a
tt
e
mpt
to
int
r
odu
c
e
th
e
m
to
m
y k
i
nd
of
kink
a
nd
th
e
y b
a
lk
e
d.
Ev
e
n
the
o
n
e
s
who
c
l
a
im
e
d
th
e
y
w
er
e
into
it
w
ere
n
’
t
r
e
a
l
l
y into the
s
ce
n
e
.”

Pe
y
ton
took
a
not
h
e
r
sip
of
the
w
a
r
m
liquid
a
nd
nodd
e
d
h
e
r
h
ea
d
f
or
him
to
c
ontinu
e
.
W
h
y
th
e
y
h
a
d
n
e
v
e
r
g
ott
e
n
ar
ound
to
t
a
lking
a
bout th
e
ir
p
a
sts she
did
n
’
t know, but
c
l
ear
l
y
th
e
y
n
ee
d
e
d to.

“F
in
a
l
l
y
,
I
d
e
c
id
e
d
I
w
o
uld
n
e
v
e
r
f
ind
a
n
y
one
who
would
sh
a
r
e
m
y love
of
the
D/s
li
fe
s
t
y
l
e
,
so
I
pi
c
k
e
d
S
h
ar
on
a
s
the
b
e
st
c
a
ndid
a
te
f
or
me
in
m
y
busin
e
ss
wo
r
ld
a
nd
we
s
e
t
a
d
a
t
e
.”
He
stopp
e
d
a
nd look
e
d down
a
t his h
a
nds
re
sting
on his kn
e
e
s.

“
W
h
a
t
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d?
You
obvious
l
y didn
’
t
g
e
t
m
a
rr
i
e
d,
but
S
h
a
r
on s
ee
ms to think
y
ou
’
r
e
still
fa
ir
g
a
m
e
.
”

“
I
c
ouldn
’
t
c
ompl
e
t
e
l
y
t
u
r
n
o
f
f
m
y
domin
a
nt
n
a
t
u
re
.
S
he
re
sist
e
d

a
nd
fr
e
a
k
e
d
out
the
f
i
r
st
time
I sp
a
nk
e
d
h
e
r
.
S
he
h
a
d
t
r
i
e
d
to m
a
nipul
a
te
me
into
so
m
e
thing
I
didn
’
t
w
a
nt
to
do
a
nd
I
tu
r
n
e
d
h
e
r ov
e
r
m
y kn
e
e
a
nd
sp
a
n
k
e
d
h
er
.
S
he
ca
ll
e
d
me
a
p
er
v
e
r
t
a
nd
ra
n.
I
t didn
’
t
t
a
ke
long
f
or
m
y
li
fe
s
t
y
le
to
b
ec
ome
p
u
blic
knowl
e
dg
e
.
S
he h
a
d
out
e
d
m
e
,
so
to
sp
ea
k.
The
e
lite
so
c
i
e
t
y didn
’
t
a
pp
r
ove
o
f
m
y
c
hoi
ce
s
d
e
spite
m
a
n
y
of
t
h
e
m
b
e
ing m
e
mb
er
s
of
the
s
a
me
c
lubs
I
w
a
s. You
didn
’
t
l
e
t
y
our p
r
i
v
a
te p
er
v
e
r
sions
b
ec
ome public knowl
e
d
g
e
.
I p
ac
k
e
d
up
m
y
thin
g
s
a
n
d
mov
e
d
h
ere
.
I
didn
’
t
n
ee
d
th
e
m
a
nd
th
e
ir