Peyton's Pleasure (43 page)

a
p
ar
t
th
a
t
y
ou
wouldn
’
t
know
y
o
u
r n
e
i
g
hbo
r’
s
busin
e
ss
without bino
c
ul
ar
s
a
nd
a
n
ear
p
i
e
c
e
.

S
he tu
r
n
e
d
down
T
r
u
e
sd
a
le
L
a
ne
a
nd
pull
e
d
up
in
fr
ont
of a s
e
t
of
c
ondominiums
th
a
t
would
ea
si
l
y
f
it
h
e
r
e
nti
r
e
a
p
ar
tm
e
nt
building
in one
of
th
e
m.

“
W
ow
!
”
S
he
c
ouldn
’
t k
e
e
p it
fr
om popping
out of
h
e
r
mouth.
B
e
tt
e
r
now
th
a
n
w
h
e
n
she
w
a
s
in
R
y
k
e
r
’
s
p
re
s
e
n
ce
.
S
he
didn
’
t

w
a
nt
to
e
mb
ar
r
a
ss
h
er
s
e
l
f
.
F
o
r
g
e
t
th
a
t
sh
e
’
d
n
e
v
e
r st
e
pp
e
d
f
oot
in
a pl
ac
e
like
the
one
R
y
k
e
r
obvious
l
y
liv
e
d
in.
His
bike
stood
in
the d
r
ive
r
i
g
ht
outside
the
doo
r
.
Th
er
e
w
a
s
no
mi
s
und
er
st
a
ndi
n
g
a
bout wh
er
e
he
re
sid
e
d.
P
e
y
ton
d
re
w in
d
ee
p
b
r
e
a
ths
to
k
ee
p
fr
om
h
y
p
e
r
v
e
ntil
a
tin
g
.
H
a
d
s
h
e
f
ound
him
living in
a
dive
she
would
h
a
ve b
ee
n
a
ble
to
t
a
ke
it
in
st
r
id
e
,
but
living in
lu
x
u
r
y
?
He
w
a
s
a
fr
e
a
king bik
e
r
f
or
c
ra
p s
a
k
e
s.
W
h
a
t w
a
s a
bik
e
r
doing
h
er
e
?

The
f
i
r
st
thou
g
ht
th
a
t
hit
h
e
r
w
a
s
d
r
u
g
s.
H
e
w
a
s
obvious
l
y so
m
e bi
g
w
i
g
in
a
d
r
u
g
c
ar
t
e
l.
S
he
h
a
d
b
e
e
n
r
i
g
ht.
He
w
a
s
too
g
ood
to
be t
r
u
e
.
The p
r
obl
e
m
w
a
s,
wh
a
t
would
she do
a
bout
i
t
?
D
r
u
g
s
m
ea
nt poli
c
e
a
nd
mo
r
e q
u
e
stions
th
a
n
she
w
a
nt
e
d
to
a
n
s
w
er
.
S
o
h
o
w did
s
h
e b
ac
k
out
of
this
without
a
ski
n
g
f
o
r
a
whole
lot
of
t
r
ouble
th
a
n
she n
ee
d
e
d
in
h
e
r
li
fe
?
S
he w
a
s
so
g
oi
n
g
to
kill
G
ra
d
y
.
He
h
a
d
p
r
omis
e
d h
e
r
R
y
k
e
r
w
a
s
l
e
g
it.
H
e
ll,
G
ra
d
y w
a
s
a
d
a
mn
l
a
w
y
e
r
.
He
h
a
d
to
know wh
a
t his
fr
i
e
nd
w
a
s into, didn
’
t h
e
?

S
o
m
a
y
b
e th
e
r
e
w
a
s
a
n
o
th
e
r
e
x
pl
a
n
a
tion,
one t
h
a
t
didn
’
t
involve j
a
ils,
c
ops,
or
d
r
u
g
s.
T
h
e
r
e w
a
s
a
lw
a
y
s
t
h
e
c
h
a
n
c
e th
a
t
he
ca
me
fr
om mon
e
y
a
nd
re
b
e
ll
e
d
a
t s
o
c
i
e
t
y
.
Y
ea
h,
r
i
g
ht, in
a
no
t
h
e
r
li
f
e
m
a
y
b
e
.

“
A
r
e
y
ou
g
oing
to
sit
ou
t
side
a
ll
ni
g
ht
or
c
ome
in
?
”
R
y
k
er’
s
voi
c
e b
e
side
h
e
r
window
s
ca
r
e
d h
e
r
to d
ea
th.