Peyton's Pleasure (55 page)

“
I
think
I
n
ee
d
a
show
e
r
,
”
she
s
a
id, without looking
a
t him.

“
How
a
bout
a
ni
c
e
hot
b
a
th
inst
ea
d?
I
h
a
v
e
the
b
a
th
s
a
lts
y
ou lik
e
.”

“
You do?
W
h
y
do
y
ou
h
a
ve
thos
e
?
”

“
B
e
ca
u
s
e
y
ou
like
th
e
m
a
nd
I
w
a
nt
e
d
y
ou
to
be
c
om
f
o
r
t
a
ble
while
y
o
u
’
r
e
h
e
re
.”
H
e
r
suspi
c
i
on both
ere
d him.

“
Th
a
nks.
A
b
a
th
would
be
g
r
e
a
t.”
S
he
a
tt
e
mpt
e
d
to
r
oll
ov
e
r
a
nd mo
a
n
e
d wh
e
n s
h
e
m
a
n
a
g
e
d to
r
oll on h
e
r
sid
e
.

“
L
e
t me
h
e
lp
y
ou.”
He
p
ut
a
n
a
r
m
ar
ound
h
e
r
w
a
i
st
a
nd h
e
lp
e
d
h
e
r to sit up.
“
B
e
tt
er
?
”

“
Y
e
s, th
a
nks.”
S
he
s
w
a
l
l
ow
e
d
a
nd
w
a
t
c
h
e
d his
e
v
e
r
y
mov
e
.

S
om
e
thing w
a
s
both
er
i
n
g h
e
r
,
he
d
e
c
id
e
d.
He
w
o
uld
w
a
it
until
she w
a
s
in
the
tub
re
l
a
x
ing b
ef
o
r
e
h
e
t
r
i
e
d
to
f
ind
out
wh
a
t
it
w
a
s.
S
he
c
ouldn
’
t
jump
up
a
nd
l
ea
ve
if
she
w
e
r
e
in
the
tub,
a
nd
m
a
y
be
t
h
e w
ar
m
w
a
t
e
r
a
nd
s
a
lts
w
ould
re
l
a
x
h
e
r
e
no
u
g
h
to
be t
r
uth
f
ul
without
g
e
tti
n
g
ups
e
t. M
a
y
b
e
.

He
l
ef
t
h
e
r
sitting up
on
the
e
d
g
e
of
the
b
e
d
to
r
un
the
b
a
th.
He
c
h
ec
k
e
d
the
t
e
mp
era
t
ur
e
a
nd
a
dd
e
d
the
b
a
th
s
a
lts,
f
illing the
tub
e
nou
g
h
th
a
t
w
h
e
n
she
g
o
t
in
it
would
c
ov
e
r
h
e
r
to
h
e
r
n
e
c
k.
H
e pl
a
ce
d the
su
c
tion
pillow
a
t
t
h
e
b
ac
k
of
the
tub
a
nd
w
e
nt
to
g
e
t
h
er
.
S
he h
a
dn
’
t
mov
e
d
fr
om
the
s
pot
wh
er
e h
e
’
d
l
ef
t
h
e
r
.
S
he s
ee
m
e
d
a
lmost d
a
z
e
d to him.

“
R
ea
d
y
?
”

“
Y
ea
h
.
”
S
he
st
ar
t
e
d to sl
i
de
o
f
f
the
b
e
d to h
e
r
f
ee
t
a
nd n
ear
l
y
fe
ll.
I
f
he
h
a
dn
’
t
b
ee
n
th
e
r
e
to
ca
t
c
h
h
e
r
s
h
e
would
h
a
v
e
s
a
t
on
h
e
r
a
ss.

H
e
r
l
e
g
s
w
e
re
n
’
t
wo
r
ki
n
g
just
y
e
t,
it
s
ee
m
e
d.
H
e
b
e
nt
a
nd
swu
n
g
h
er

up into his
ar
ms to
c
ar
r
y h
e
r
to the
b
a
th
r
oom.
H
e
r
ar
ms twi
r
l
e
d
ar
ound his n
ec
k to hold on.

“
W
h
a
t
a
r
e
y
ou
doi
n
g
?
I
’
m
too
h
ea
v
y
to
be
c
ar
r
y
i
ng
ar
ound
,
”
she

f
uss
e
d.

He l
e
t
h
e
r
fee
t
slide
into
the w
a
t
e
r
on
c
e
h
e
h
a
d
h
e
r
in
the b
a
th
r
oom ov
e
r
the
tub.