Peyton's Pleasure (60 page)

Pe
y
ton
y
e
lp
e
d
a
t
the sudd
e
n
a
pp
e
a
ra
n
c
e of
R
y
k
e
r
b
e
hind
h
er
.
His w
ar
m h
a
nd pull
e
d h
e
r
s
a
w
a
y
fr
om the
do
o
r
.

“
Um,
I
w
a
s
g
oi
n
g
hom
e
,
”
she
s
a
id.

“
W
h
y
?
Did
I do
som
e
thing
w
r
o
n
g
l
a
st
ni
g
h
t
?
”
He
s
ee
m
e
d
g
e
nui
n
e
l
y
c
on
f
us
e
d
b
y
h
e
r
sudd
e
n d
e
c
ision to
g
o
hom
e
.

“
I
think
w
e’
r
e
g
oi
n
g
too
fa
st.
This
w
a
s
just
suppos
e
d
to
be
s
e
x
f
or

f
un.”
S
he
sw
a
llow
e
d,
w
a
t
c
hing
his
e
y
e
s
d
ar
k
e
n.
“
W
h
a
t m
a
k
e
s
y
ou think
i
t
’
s no
t
?
”
he
a
sk
e
d.

Pe
y
ton
w
a
s
a
t
a
loss
of
how
to
e
x
p
l
a
in
it
to
h
i
m.
S
he
op
e
n
e
d
h
e
r

mouth th
e
n
c
los
e
d it
a
g
a
in
a
nd just st
are
d
a
t him.

“
I think
we
n
e
e
d
to
t
a
lk
.
”
He
didn
’
t
l
e
t
g
o
of
h
e
r
h
a
nd,
a
s
if
a
fra
id sh
e’
d bolt if
he
did.

And
m
a
y
b
e
she
would
h
a
v
e
,
g
iv
e
n
the
oppo
r
tun
it
y
.
T
a
lki
n
g w
a
s one
of
the
rea
sons
she
didn
’
t
w
a
nt
to
g
e
t
f
r
i
e
n
d
l
y
with
h
e
r
p
ar
t
n
er
. You
c
ould
t
a
lk
som
e
thi
n
g to
d
ea
th
a
nd
n
e
v
e
r
hit
on
the
t
r
uth
or
solve the
p
r
obl
e
m.

R
y
k
e
r
h
a
d
pull
e
d
on
his
j
ea
ns
but
h
a
dn
’
t
both
e
r
e
d
to
button
th
e
m or
put
on
sh
o
e
s
or
a
shi
r
t.
He
must
h
a
ve
kn
o
wn
she
w
a
s
on
h
e
r
w
a
y out
the door
a
nd
r
ush
e
d
to
ca
t
c
h
h
er
.
S
he should
h
a
ve l
e
f
t
a
s
soon
a
s she
h
a
d
g
ott
e
n d
re
s
s
e
d inst
ea
d of
d
e
b
a
tin
g
.