Peyton's Pleasure (98 page)

“
No, just
tho
u
g
ht
of
s
o
m
e
thing I n
e
e
d to do
b
e
f
o
r
e
I
g
o
b
ac
k
to wo
r
k.”

“
Th
a
t
’
s
not
y
our
w
a
y
o
f
s
a
y
i
n
g
y
o
u
’r
e
b
ac
ki
n
g
out
of
our
c
ouple of
d
a
y
s, is i
t
?
”

“
Uh, no.”
S
he
c
o
n
ce
nt
r
a
t
e
d on
f
inishing
up h
e
r
o
m
e
l
e
t.

W
h
e
n
she
r
ose
a
nd
st
ar
t
e
d
g
a
th
er
i
n
g h
e
r
pl
a
te
a
n
d
ut
e
nsils
up,
he stopp
e
d h
er
.

“
I
’
ll
put
th
e
m
in
the
dis
h
w
a
sh
er
.
You
g
o
on
a
nd
g
e
t
rea
d
y
f
or
b
e
d.

Th
er
e
a
r
e
d
a
r
k
c
i
r
c
l
e
s
und
e
r
y
our
e
y
e
s.
You n
ee
d
y
our
r
e
st.”
He s
e
ttl
e
d
his
h
a
nds
on
h
e
r
should
er
s
a
nd
tu
r
n
e
d
h
e
r
in
the
di
rec
tion
of his b
e
d
r
oom.

“
I n
ee
d
to
c
a
ll
in
a
t
the
din
e
r
f
i
r
st.
I
g
u
e
ss
I sh
o
uldn
’
t
wo
r
k
th
er
e this w
ee
k.”

S
he
pull
e
d
h
e
r
c
e
ll
phone
fr
om
h
e
r
po
c
k
e
t
a
bout
the
time
it
ra
n
g
.

S
he
n
ear
l
y
d
r
op
p
e
d
it.
W
h
e
n
she
a
nsw
e
r
e
d,
it
w
a
s
the
old
e
r
poli
ce
m
a
n
fr
om the
hospit
a
l.

“
I
tho
u
g
ht
y
ou
would
w
a
nt
to
know
th
a
t
we
ca
u
g
ht
the
g
u
y
.
He

h
a
s
some s
c
r
a
t
c
h
e
s
on
h
i
m
th
a
t
I
’
m
su
r
e
y
our
n
a
ils
m
a
d
e
.
W
e’
ll
h
a
v
e the l
a
b
c
on
f
i
r
m
it
tho
u
gh
to
a
dd
to
y
our sto
r
y
.
”
He th
e
n
told
h
e
r
she would
n
ee
d
to
c
ome down
to
the o
ff
i
c
e to
p
re
ss
c
h
a
r
g
e
s
a
g
a
inst
him
a
nd
pi
c
k
him
out
of
a li
n
e up.
S
he
m
a
de
a
r
ra
n
g
e
m
e
nts
to
g
o
the
n
e
x
t d
a
y
.

S
he
th
e
n
di
a
l
e
d
the
din
e
r
to
t
e
ll
th
e
m
she
woul
d
n
’
t
be
c
oming
in the
re
st
of
the w
ee
k.
S
he h
ea
d
e
d
f
or
the b
e
d
r
oo
m
.
The b
e
d
look
e
d
so invitin
g
.
S
he kn
e
w
fr
om
ear
li
e
r th
a
t
it
h
a
d
a
pillow top
m
a
tt
re
ss
a
nd sil
k
y sh
ee
ts.
As
fa
r
a
s
b
e
ds
w
e
nt,
it
topp
e
d
h
e
r
e
x
p
er
i
e
n
c
e
list.
W
h
e
n this
re
l
a
tionship,
if
th
a
t
w
a
s
wh
a
t
it
w
a
s
g
oi
n
g to
b
e
,
e
nd
e
d,
she
would miss the
b
e
d.

Pe
y
ton
c
limb
e
d
in
a
nd
s
e
ttl
e
d
down.
The
so
f
t sh
ee
ts
fe
lt
g
ood
a
g
a
inst
h
e
r
n
a
k
e
d
skin.
I
t
w
a
s
a
l
r
e
a
d
y
ov
e
r
s
e
nsit
i
z
e
d
fr
om
the
show
e
r
ear
li
er
.
S
t
re
t
c
hin
g
,
s
h
e
m
ar
v
e
l
e
d
a
t
how
mu
c
h
the m
a
ss
a
ge
fr
om
ear
li
e
r
h
a
d
r
e
l
ea
s
e
d
h
e
r
p
e
nt
-
up
t
e
nsion
a
nd the
sti
ff
n
e
ss
in
h
e
r mus
c
l
e
s.

S
he
r
e
ac
h
e
d
up
a
nd
f
i
n
g
ere
d
the d
r
e
ssing
on
h
e
r
n
ec
k.
T
h
e d
o
c
tor s
a
id
she
c
ould
re
move
it
the
n
e
x
t
d
a
y
.
W
ould
the
si
g
ht
of
the
stit
c
h
e
s in
h
e
r
n
ec
k
on
l
y ups
e
t
h
e
r
mo
re
?
S
he
should
h
a
ve
a
sk
e
d
if
she
c
ould l
ea
ve
a
b
a
nd
a
g
e
o
r
som
e
thing
on
it.
M
a
y
b
e
she
would
ca
ll
tomo
rr
ow