Peyton's Pleasure (81 page)

Mo
r
e
a
nd
mo
r
e
f
lood
e
d
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
until
she
c
ould
n
’
t
s
e
e
f
o
r
th
e
m.
S
he s
a
nk to the
f
loor
of
the
show
e
r
a
nd sobb
e
d,
hug
g
i
n
g
h
e
r
s
e
lf
a
nd
r
o
c
kin
g
.

S
he w
a
sn
’
t
su
r
e
wh
e
n,
b
ut
a
t
some point
the w
a
t
e
r
tu
r
n
e
d
c
ool
a
nd
R
y
k
e
r
w
a
s
th
e
r
e
tu
r
ni
n
g
it
o
f
f
a
nd
s
c
ooping
h
e
r
into
his
ar
ms.
He d
r
i
e
d
h
e
r
o
f
f
a
nd
w
r
a
pp
e
d
h
e
r
in
a b
a
th
tow
e
l.
T
h
e
n
he
ca
r
r
i
e
d
h
e
r
to the
b
e
d
r
oom.

R
y
k
e
r
g
e
nt
l
y l
a
id
h
e
r
on
the
b
e
d
a
nd
ra
n
the
b
ac
k
of
his
h
a
nd
ov
e
r h
e
r
c
h
e
e
k, usi
n
g
his thumb to wipe
a
w
a
y
the
t
e
a
r
s.

“
S
hhh.
I
t
’
s
ok
a
y
no
w
.
I
won
’
t l
e
t
a
n
y
one
hu
r
t
y
o
u,
Pe
y
ton.”

S
he
c
ouldn
’
t
stop
sh
a
ki
n
g
.
F
in
a
l
l
y
,
he
stood
up
a
nd
und
re
ss
e
d
to
c
limb
into
b
e
d
n
e
x
t
to
h
e
r
.
He
pull
e
d
h
e
r
t
i
g
ht
a
g
a
inst
his
bo
d
y to
still h
e
r
qu
a
ki
n
g
a
nd
w
a
r
m
h
e
r
up.
D
e
spite
the
w
a
r
mth
of
the
b
e
d,
she
w
a
s still
c
old
to
the tou
c
h.
R
y
k
e
r
r
ubb
e
d
his
h
a
nds
u
p
a
nd
down
h
e
r
ar
m until she
stopp
e
d sh
a
king
a
nd d
r
i
f
t
e
d o
f
f
to sl
ee
p.

* * * *

R
y
k
e
r
l
a
y holding
P
e
y
t
o
n
c
lose
to
him
st
ar
ing
u
p
a
t
the
ce
ilin
g
.
S
h
e’
d
b
ee
n
ra
p
e
d.
I
t
w
a
s
the
on
l
y
r
e
a
son
he
c
ould
think
of
she
would h
a
ve a
ra
pe
c
oun
s
e
lo
r’
s
c
ar
d
in
h
e
r po
c
k
e
t.
S
h
e’
d
d
r
opp
e
d
it
wh
e
n
she h
a
d
pull
e
d
out
h
e
r
k
e
y
s
ear
li
er
.
The
b
a
nd
a
g
e
a
t
h
e
r
n
ec
k
b
r
o
u
g
ht home
the
f
ac
t
th
a
t
s
h
e
m
i
g
ht
h
a
v
e
di
e
d
if
not
f
or
I
k
e
showi
n
g up.
The
rea
li
z
a
tion
th
a
t
he
c
ould
h
a
ve lost
h
e
r
put
some
t
hin
g
s
in
p
e
r
sp
ec
tive
f
or
him.

G
ra
d
y
h
a
d
a
l
rea
d
y
told
h
im
th
a
t
the
kiss
m
ea
nt
n
o
thing
to
P
e
y
ton.
S
in
c
e she h
a
d
a
c
ce
pt
e
d
h
is
h
e
lp,
a
lb
e
it
re
lu
c
t
a
nt
l
y
,
he w
a
s
i
n
c
lin
e
d
to
a
g
re
e
with
G
r
a
d
y
.
I
t
h
a
d,
how
e
v
e
r
,
m
ea
nt
som
e
thing to
G
r
a
d
y
.
T
h
e m
a
n w
a
s h
a
lf
in love
wi
t
h h
er
.

S
till,
none
of
it
m
a
de
a
lot
of
s
e
nse
to
him.
W
h
y w
a
s
she
f
i
g
hti
n
g h
e
r
a
tt
r
a
c
tion
to
hi
m
?
T
h
e
y w
e
r
e
g
r
ea
t
t
o
g
e
th
er
.
He
kn
e
w
s
h
e
h
a
d
e
nj
o
y
e
d
the
s
e
x
a
s
mu
c
h
a
s
he
did.
S
he
didn
’
t
a
c
t
like
a
n
y
thi
n
g
h
e’
d