Peyton's Pleasure (85 page)

“
Th
a
nks,
one should
be pl
e
n
t
y
.
I
t
’
s
just
a b
a
d
h
ea
d
ac
h
e
,
nothing mo
r
e
s
er
ious.”
S
he
h
a
nd
e
d the
e
mp
t
y
g
l
a
ss
b
ac
k to
R
y
k
er
.

“
I
’
ve
g
ot
b
r
ea
k
f
a
st
st
ar
t
e
d.
I
t
shouldn
’
t
b
e too
m
u
c
h
lo
n
g
er
.
”
H
e took the
e
mp
t
y
g
l
a
ss
a
nd
w
e
nt into the
kit
c
h
e
n to
f
inish
c
ookin
g
.

Now
th
a
t
she
w
a
s
a
w
a
k
e
,
she
c
ould
sm
e
ll the
s
ce
nt
of
b
ac
on
a
nd
e
g
g
s.
Odd
l
y
e
n
ou
g
h,
h
e
r
stom
ac
h
g
r
owl
e
d
a
t
the
t
hou
g
ht
of
f
ood.
S
he would
h
a
ve
tho
u
g
ht
f
or
su
r
e
th
a
t
she
wouldn
’
t
h
a
ve
fee
l
like
e
a
tin
g
. All
th
r
ou
g
h
the m
ea
l,
R
y
k
e
r
re
m
a
in
e
d
qui
e
t
so
she did,
too.
I
t
w
a
s
n
’
t until she
r
ose
to
r
inse
o
f
f
h
e
r
dish
e
s th
a
t
R
y
k
e
r
sp
o
ke
a
g
a
in.

“
I
’
ll
s
e
e
a
bout
the dish
e
s.
You
n
e
e
d
to
r
e
st.
The
love s
e
a
t
or t
h
e b
e
d,
y
o
u
r
pi
c
k,”
h
e
s
a
id.

Pe
y
ton
g
r
im
ac
e
d.
He
w
a
s
t
rea
ting h
e
r
like
a
c
hild
a
g
a
in.
I
nst
ea
d
of stopping
to think, she
l
a
sh
e
d out
a
t him.

“
I
think
I
know
how
to
t
a
ke
c
a
r
e
of
m
y
s
e
lf
without
y
ou
t
e
lli
n
g
me

wh
a
t to do.”

R
y
k
e
r
c
o
c
k
e
d
his
h
ea
d
a
nd
fr
own
e
d.
“
I
w
a
sn
’
t
r
e
a
l
l
y t
e
lling
y
ou wh
a
t to do.
J
ust su
gg
e
st
i
ng
w
h
er
e
y
ou
would be
c
om
f
o
r
t
a
bl
e
.”

Pe
y
ton
c
lo
s
e
d
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
a
nd
c
o
v
ere
d h
e
r
mou
t
h
b
ef
o
r
e
tu
r
ni
n
g
ar
ound
to
t
r
y
a
nd
k
ee
p
f
r
om
c
r
y
i
n
g
a
g
a
in.
W
h
a
t
w
a
s
w
r
o
n
g
with
h
er
?
S
h
e’
d n
e
v
e
r
b
ee
n this
e
m
otion
a
l b
ef
o
re.

“
Pe
y
ton,
b
a
b
y
.
You
h
a
d
a
t
err
ible
e
x
p
er
i
e
n
c
e
t
h
is
mo
r
ning
a
nd
y
o
u
h
a
v
e
n
’
t
h
a
d
time to
d
ea
l
with
it.
I
f
y
ou
n
ee
d
t
o
c
r
y
,
g
o
a
h
ea
d.
I
’
m
r
i
g
ht
h
e
r
e
.”
H
e w
a
lk
e
d
up
to
h
e
r
a
nd
re
st
e
d
his
h
a
nds
on
h
e
r should
er
s.
He
didn
’
t
pu
l
l
h
e
r
b
a
c
k
a
g
a
inst
him
or
t
r
y
a
nd
tu
r
n
h
e
r
ar
ound. He
just stood th
e
r
e
a
nd
w
a
it
e
d.

“
I do
n
’
t
know
how
to
do
this.
I don
’
t
g
e
t
si
c
k,
a
nd
I
’
m
not
use
to
fee
li
n
g
a
ll w
e
e
p
y
insid
e
,”
Pe
y
ton
a
dmitt
e
d.

“
Th
e
n
y
ou
a
r
e
w
a
y
o
v
er
du
e
.
You
’
r
e
a
wom
a
n
,
a
nd
y
ou
h
a
v
e
fee
li
n
g
s
th
a
t
a
r
e
n
’
t
a
ll
h
a
p
p
y
a
nd
in
c
h
a
r
g
e
a
ll
t
he
tim
e
.
S
om
e
tim
e
s
y
o
u
h
a
ve
to
g
ive
up
c
ont
r
ol
to
the
fe
m
a
le
side
of
y
ou
r
s
e
lf
or
to som
e
one
e
ls
e
.
I
t
do
e
sn
’
t
m
a
ke
y
ou
a
n
y
l
e
ss
of
a
wom
a
n
o
r
m
e
an
y
o
u
’
r
e
a
w
ea
k
p
er
son.
I
t
j
ust m
ea
ns
y
o
u
’r
e
hum
a
n
,
”
he
s
a
id.