Peyton's Pleasure (45 page)

“
The
kit
c
h
e
n is a
c
h
e
f
’
s
w
e
t d
rea
m
,
”
she
m
a
n
a
g
e
d to
g
e
t out.
“
Th
a
nks,
I
like
w
o
r
king
i
n
it.
B
ut
the
m
a
in
rea
son
I
took
the
pl
ac
e

is
f
or
the
b
a
th
r
oom.”
He
took
h
e
r
h
a
nd
a
nd
pull
e
d
h
e
r
a
long
b
e
hind him.

He
op
e
n
e
d a
s
e
t
of
Fr
e
n
c
h
doo
r
s
a
nd
l
e
d
h
e
r
into
the
m
a
st
er
b
e
d
r
oom.
S
he
w
a
s
r
i
g
h
t
th
a
t
the
wood
f
loo
r
s
c
ontinu
e
d
into the b
e
d
r
oom.
Th
e
y
c
ompli
m
e
nt
e
d
the
r
i
c
h
o
a
k
b
e
d
r
o
om
suit
e
.
The
f
ou
r
- post
e
r
b
e
d,
its
posts
a
s
w
ide in
di
a
m
e
t
e
r
a
s
h
e
r
w
a
ist,
s
a
t
in
the middle of
the
r
oom.
A
m
ar
oon
a
nd
g
old
c
om
f
o
r
t
e
r
c
o
v
ere
d
the b
e
d
a
nd m
a
t
c
hing
c
u
r
t
a
ins
hu
n
g
a
t
eac
h
o
f
the
th
r
e
e
windows.
The
r
oom
w
a
s
ea
si
l
y
the
si
z
e
of
h
e
r
e
nti
r
e
a
p
ar
tm
e
nt.
How
c
ould
one
p
er
son
live
a
lone
in su
c
h a
l
a
r
g
e
sp
a
ce?

“
Do
y
ou like
it
?
”
he
a
sk
e
d, w
a
t
c
hi
n
g
h
e
r
fa
c
e.
“
I
love
it, but it
’
s so bi
g
.”

He
l
a
u
g
h
e
d
a
nd
af
t
e
r
d
r
opping h
e
r
b
a
g
a
nd
pu
r
s
e
on
the
b
e
d
he d
re
w
h
e
r
into
the m
a
st
e
r
b
a
th.
Ok
a
y
,
she
c
ould
live like this
af
t
e
r
a
ll. One
c
o
r
n
e
r
h
e
ld
a huge ov
a
l
tub
p
erfec
t
f
or
lou
n
g
i
n
g
.
C
era
mic tile in
r
i
c
h
g
r
e
e
ns
a
nd
g
olds
s
ur
r
ound
e
d
the
tub,
with
a
s
h
e
lf
a
lo
n
g one
w
a
ll
f
or
tow
e
ls,
b
a
th
suppli
e
s
a
nd
ca
ndl
e
s.
A
c
r
oss
f
r
om
the
tub
w
a
s
a v
a
ni
t
y
a
nd mi
rr
or
f
it
f
o
r
a
p
r
in
c
e
ss or
a
movie
st
a
r
. The
l
i
g
hting would be
p
er
f
ec
t
f
o
r
a
pp
l
y
i
n
g
m
a
k
e
up. A
n
y
wom
a
n
would
a
pp
rec
i
a
te
it.

R
y
k
e
r
w
a
lk
e
d
h
e
r
a
r
ou
n
d
a
g
l
a
ss
blo
c
k
e
n
c
losu
r
e into
a w
a
lk
-
in show
e
r
c
ompl
e
t
e
with
s
ix show
er
h
ea
ds
position
e
d
in
fr
ont
a
nd
in b
ac
k.
A
b
e
n
c
h
r
a
n
a
long
the b
ac
k
w
a
ll.
Th
er
e
w
e
r
e v
ar
ious
h
a
ndholds
ar
ound
the
c
era
mi
c-
til
e
d
sp
a
,
a
long with
sh
e
lv
e
s
f
or
show
e
r
g
e
ls
a
nd spon
g
e
s.
The
toil
e
t
w
a
s
h
ous
e
d
in
a
sm
a
ll
a
re
a
a
w
a
y
fr
om
the
show
er
. The
f
loo
r
,
he told
h
er
,
w
a
s
m
a
de
with
h
ea
t
e
d
til
e
s
,
a
nd
a
h
e
a
t
e
d
tow
el rac
k stood n
e
x
t to the
show
er
. The
e
nti
r
e
r
oom
w
a
s ov
er
w
h
e
lmin
g
.

“
I
t
’
s b
ea
uti
f
ul
.
”

“
S
e
e
w
h
y
I
w
a
nt
e
d this
p
ar
ti
c
ul
a
r
c
ondo
?
”

“
Y
ea
h.
B
e
tw
ee
n
t
h
e kit
c
h
e
n
a
nd
the
b
a
th
r
oom
y
ou
h
a
ve a
d
rea
m hom
e
.
I
still
ca
n
’
t im
a
g
i
n
e
living
h
e
r
e
a
lon
e
.
I
t
’
s
s
o…bi
g
.”