Peyton's Pleasure (80 page)
“
No th
a
nks.
I
’
ll be
f
in
e
.”
S
he
g
a
v
e
him a
so
f
t smil
e
.
G
ra
d
y
just
nodd
e
d
a
nd
j
ump
e
d
out
of
the
t
r
u
c
k
t
o
r
un
ar
ound
to the p
a
ss
e
n
g
e
r side
to
h
e
lp
h
e
r
down.
R
y
k
e
r
w
a
s
t
h
er
e
b
ef
o
r
e him.
He h
a
d
the
do
o
r
op
e
n
a
nd
w
a
s
r
e
ac
hi
n
g
f
or
P
e
y
ton
b
y t
h
e
time
G
ra
d
y
h
a
d m
a
de
it
a
r
ound
the
t
r
u
c
k.
I
nst
e
a
d
of
s
a
y
i
n
g
s
om
e
thing sm
a
r
t
a
ss, G
ra
d
y h
e
ld
the
doo
r
,
th
e
n
c
los
e
d
it
af
t
e
r
R
y
k
e
r
h
a
d
Pe
y
ton
out
of
the
ca
b
a
nd st
a
ndi
n
g
on solid
g
r
ound.
“
Th
a
nks
f
o
r
b
r
i
n
g
i
n
g h
e
r
hom
e
.
I
’
ll
t
a
ke
ca
r
e
of
h
e
r
fr
om
h
e
re
,
”
R
y
k
e
r
s
a
id, looking
P
e
y
t
on in the
e
y
e
s.
“
Pe
y
ton,
y
ou
n
ee
d
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
?
”
G
ra
d
y
a
sk
e
d
a
g
a
in.
“
No
th
a
nks.
I
’
m
f
in
e
.
I
’
m
g
oing inside
f
o
r
a
show
e
r
a
nd
th
e
n
b
e
d
. Th
a
nk
y
ou
both
f
or
s
ee
i
ng
a
bout
m
e
.”
S
he tu
r
n
e
d
to
w
a
lk
a
w
a
y
,
but
R
y
k
e
r
’
s h
a
nd stopp
e
d
h
e
r
.
“
You
’
r
e
not
g
oi
n
g in
th
a
t
a
p
ar
tm
e
nt
without
m
e
.
I
’
ll
just
h
a
ve
to b
rea
k
in
a
nd
th
e
r
e
g
o
e
s
y
our
s
ec
u
r
i
t
y d
e
posit
wh
e
n
y
ou
move
out,”
h
e s
a
id.
Siren-BookStrand, Inc.
Pe
y
ton
’
s
p
a
ti
e
n
c
e
r
a
n
o
u
t.
S
he hu
ffe
d
out
a b
r
e
a
t
h
a
nd
shook
h
e
r
f
in
g
e
r
in
R
y
k
er’
s
c
h
e
st.
“
On
e
,
y
ou
ca
n
’
t
t
e
ll
me
wh
a
t
I
a
m
a
nd
a
m
not
going to
do.
T
wo,
y
o
u
b
r
ea
k
in
m
y
door
o
r
a
window
a
nd
y
o
u
’r
e
p
a
y
ing
f
or
it,
a
nd
th
r
e
e
,
I
’
m
not
moving
a
n
y
ti
m
e
soon.”
S
he
stomp
e
d
h
e
r
f
oot
on
R
y
k
e
r
’
s inst
e
p
a
nd w
a
lk
e
d up the
w
a
lk to h
e
r
a
p
ar
tm
e
nt while
he
c
u
r
s
e
d b
e
hind h
er
.
“
I
think
y
ou
h
a
ve
y
our
h
a
nds
f
ull
with
h
er
,
m
a
n
.
I
’
ll
c
h
ec
k
with
y
o
u
tomo
rr
ow
to
s
e
e
if
y
ou
n
ee
d
a
n
y
thi
n
g
.”
G
ra
d
y
l
a
u
g
h
e
d,
th
en
tu
r
n
e
d
a
nd
c
limb
e
d b
a
c
k
into the
ca
b of
his t
r
u
c
k
b
ef
o
r
e
d
r
iving
o
ff
.
This
l
ef
t
Pe
y
ton
a
nd
R
y
k
e
r
a
lone
a
t
h
e
r
doo
r
.
S
he
g
l
a
re
d
a
t
him
a
nd
he
st
are
d
b
ac
k
with
o
ut
a
n
y
obvious
e
x
p
re
ssion.
S
he
h
a
t
e
d
th
a
t
she
c
ouldn
’
t
rea
d his mood.
“
A
r
e
y
ou
g
oing
to
unlo
c
k
the
door
a
nd
g
o
in
or
do
I n
ee
d
to
b
r
e
a
k in
f
or
y
ou
?
”
R
y
k
e
r
a
sk
e
d
.
“
I
’
ve
g
ot
it,”
she
f
in
a
l
l
y hu
ffe
d
out.
Di
gg
i
n
g in
h
e
r
po
c
k
e
t,
she
ca
me
up
with
the
a
p
ar
tm
e
nt
k
e
y
s
a
nd
unlo
c
k
e
d
the
door
f
or
th
e
m
to
g
o
in.
R
y
k
e
r
b
e
nt
ov
e
r
t
h
e
n
stood
up
af
t
e
r
slipping som
e
thing in
his po
c
k
e
t.
H
e
r
p
l
ac
e
w
a
s
n
’
t
mu
c
h
to
look
a
t,
but
it
w
a
s
h
e
r
s
a
nd
she
h
a
d it
f
i
x
e
d
to
h
e
r
w
a
y
o
f
likin
g
.
W
h
y this
wo
rr
i
e
d
h
e
r
now
pu
zz
l
e
d
h
er
.
W
a
s
she wo
rr
i
e
d
a
bout
wh
a
t
he would
think
a
b
o
ut
h
er
?
Pe
y
ton
didn
’
t h
a
ve
a
c
lu
e.
“
B
e
e
r
in
the
fr
i
d
g
e
,
mu
n
c
hi
e
s
in
the
p
a
nt
r
y
c
a
bin
e
t.
I
’
m
g
oi
n
g
to t
a
ke a show
e
r
a
nd
th
e
n
g
o
to
b
e
d
.
”
S
he tu
r
n
e
d
without
a
noth
e
r wo
r
d
a
nd
w
a
lk
e
d
into
h
e
r
b
e
d
r
oom
wh
er
e
she
p
r
ompt
l
y
c
los
e
d
a
nd
lo
c
k
e
d the
b
e
d
r
oom doo
r
.
The
show
e
r
f
e
lt
wond
e
r
f
ul
to
h
e
r
b
r
uis
e
d
a
nd
b
a
tt
ere
d
bo
d
y
.
A ni
ce
,
long so
a
k
in
the
t
ub
would
be
in
o
r
d
e
r
f
or
l
a
t
er
.
R
i
g
ht
now thou
g
h,
she
w
a
nt
e
d
mo
r
e
to
w
a
sh
a
w
a
y
the
st
e
n
c
h
of
the
ni
g
ht
a
nd just
m
a
y
b
e
the
m
e
mo
r
y
e
t
c
h
e
d
in
h
e
r
mind.
Ev
e
n
with
the
h
o
t
st
e
a
m of
the
show
er
,
Pe
y
ton
s
h
iv
ere
d,
n
er
v
e
s
sh
a
k
y
a
s
she
c
ouldn
’
t
h
e
lp
but think
a
bout
wh
a
t
h
a
d
a
n
d
n
ear
l
y
h
a
p
p
e
n
e
d
to
h
e
r
ear
li
e
r
.
S
he
c
ould still
fee
l
the
m
a
n
’
s
h
a
nds
r
o
a
mi
n
g h
e
r
b
r
e
a
sts,
sq
u
ee
z
ing
a
nd
pin
c
hi
n
g h
er
.
S
he
so
a
p
e
d
up
the
c
loth
a
nd
s
cr
ubb
e
d
until
s
he
w
a
s
n
ear
l
y
r
a
w. Ev
e
n
a
s
she
w
a
sh
e
d
a
w
a
y
the
s
o
a
p,
h
e
r
t
ear
s
b
e
g
a
n
to
fa
ll
in
e
a
r
n
e
st.
