Peyton's Pleasure (78 page)

“
Y
ea
h,
I
’
m
f
in
e
.
J
ust
s
o
r
e
a
ll
ov
er
.” H
e
r voi
c
e
ca
me out
a little ho
ar
s
e.

“
I
h
a
te
to
s
a
y
it
but
y
ou
l
ook
like
shit.
You
’r
e
bo
u
nd
to
h
a
ve
a
h
e
ll of
a
h
ea
d
ac
h
e
b
y
the
lo
o
ks of
the
knot on
y
o
u
r
h
e
a
d.”

“
G
e
e
t
h
a
nks, G
ra
d
y
.
”
S
he
si
g
h
e
d
a
nd li
f
t
e
d a
h
a
n
d to h
e
r
th
r
o
a
t.
“
Did
y
ou
t
e
ll th
e
m who it w
a
s
?
”
R
y
k
e
r
f
in
a
l
l
y
spok
e
.

“
I
told
th
e
m
wh
a
t
h
e
l
o
ok
e
d
like
a
nd
th
e
r
e
w
e
r
e
pl
e
n
t
y of
oth
e
r witn
e
ss
e
s
in
the b
a
r
f
r
o
m
wh
e
n
he w
a
s
ca
usi
n
g
t
r
ouble
ear
li
e
r
.”
S
he l
ea
n
e
d b
a
c
k
a
nd
c
los
e
d
h
e
r
e
y
e
s.

A
fe
w
minut
e
s
l
a
t
er
,
the
nu
r
se
re
tu
r
n
e
d
with
a
s
e
t
of
s
cr
ubs
a
nd h
e
r
p
a
p
e
r
wo
r
k.

“
Ok
a
y
,
g
u
y
s.
Out.
I
’
ll
l
e
t
y
ou
know
wh
e
n
she
is
r
ea
d
y to
g
o.”
S
he shoo
e
d the
m
e
n out the
d
oo
r
,
a
nd th
e
y
didn
’
t p
r
ot
e
st.

The
nu
r
se
h
e
lp
e
d
h
e
r
c
h
a
nge
into
the
s
cr
ubs
t
h
e
n
re
vi
e
w
e
d
the

p
a
p
er
w
o
r
k
a
nd
inst
r
u
c
ti
o
ns
with
h
er
.
S
he
r
e
mind
e
d
h
e
r she
n
ee
d
e
d
to be
a
w
a
k
e
n
e
d
e
v
e
r
y two
hou
r
s
f
or
the
n
e
x
t
s
i
x
t
ee
n
or
so
ho
u
r
s.
Th
e
n she
h
a
nd
e
d
P
e
y
ton a
bus
i
n
e
ss
car
d.

“
This
is
a
ra
pe
c
ouns
e
lo
r
.
I know
y
ou
w
e
r
e
n
’
t
ac
t
u
a
l
l
y
ra
p
e
d,
but
y
o
u
mi
g
ht
n
ee
d
som
e
o
n
e
to
t
a
lk
to
l
a
t
er
.
I know
h
e
r
a
nd
sh
e’
s
rea
l
l
y ni
ce
.”

Pe
y
ton
took
the
car
d
a
nd
shov
e
d
it
in
the
po
c
k
e
t
of
the
s
cr
ubs.
S
he th
a
nk
e
d
h
e
r
b
ef
o
r
e
w
a
l
k
ing th
r
o
u
g
h
the
e
x
a
m
r
oom
door
to
f
ind
the two m
e
n st
ar
ing
a
t
e
a
c
h
oth
e
r
down the
h
a
ll.

“
You
r
e
a
d
y
to
g
o
?
”
R
y
k
e
r
a
sk
e
d.

G
ra
d
y stood
b
ac
k
a
s
if
w
a
iting
on
som
e
thin
g
.
S
he
smil
e
d
a
t
both m
e
n
in
hop
e
s
of
li
g
ht
e
ning the
mood
som
e
.
S
he
fe
lt
like
c
r
y
i
n
g
a
nd didn
’
t w
a
nt to
c
r
y
a
n
y
m
o
re
.

“
Y
e
s.
I w
a
nt
to
g
o
hom
e
.”
S
he
hugg
e
d
h
er
s
e
lf
in
the
too
-
l
ar
ge s
cr
ubs.

R
y
k
e
r
st
ar
t
e
d
to
h
e
lp
h
e
r down
the
h
a
ll
wh
e
n
the nu
r
se stop
p
e
d th
e
m.

“
Go
g
e
t
y
our
c
a
r
a
nd
b
r
i
ng
it
up
to
the
doo
r
.
I
’
ll
b
r
ing
h
e
r
out
in
a

wh
ee
l
c
h
a
i
r
.”

R
y
k
e
r
fr
o
z
e
.
G
r
a
d
y
g
r
in
n
e
d.

“
Gu
e
ss
I
’
ll
d
r
op
h
e
r
o
f
f
t
h
e
n.
S
he
do
e
s
n
’
t
n
e
e
d
to
be
r
idi
n
g on
the b
ac
k of
a
bi
k
e
.”