Peyton's Pleasure (101 page)
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h
a
sing
him.
He
on
l
y hop
e
d
it
d
e
v
e
lop
e
d
qui
c
k
l
y
,
b
e
f
o
r
e
S
h
ar
on m
a
de
h
er
s
e
lf
known.
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p
t
er
T
h
ir
t
e
e
n
Th
e
y
m
a
d
e
the
t
r
ip
to
t
he
poli
c
e
st
a
tion
in
s
il
e
n
ce
,
e
a
c
h
in
th
e
ir own thou
g
hts.
P
e
y
ton
w
a
nt
e
d to
g
e
t this o
v
e
r
with so she
c
ould
f
or
g
e
t
a
bout it.
S
he
didn
’
t w
a
nt it h
a
n
g
i
n
g
ov
e
r
t
h
e
re
st
o
f
h
e
r
d
a
y
o
r
h
e
r
li
f
e
.
W
h
e
n
she
w
a
lk
e
d
in,
th
e
y imm
e
di
a
t
e
l
y took
h
e
r
to
a
n
int
er
vi
e
w
r
oom
to
w
a
it
f
or
t
h
e
m
t
o
ar
r
a
n
g
e
the
line
up
f
o
r
h
er
.
R
y
k
e
r
w
a
it
e
d with
h
e
r
a
nd
h
e
ld
h
e
r
h
a
n
d.
Th
e
y
c
a
me
b
ac
k
in
a
b
out
thi
r
t
y
minut
e
s
to move
h
e
r
to the
obs
er
v
a
tion
r
oom.
At
f
i
r
st,
th
e
y w
e
re
n
’
t
g
o
ing to
l
e
t
R
y
k
e
r
g
o
in
with
h
er
,
but
she wouldn
’
t
g
o
in
without
h
im
th
ere
.
Th
e
y
h
a
d
to
c
omp
l
y
in
o
r
d
e
r
f
or
h
e
r to
g
o th
r
o
u
g
h with it.
As
soon
a
s
the six
m
e
n
w
a
lk
e
d
in,
she pi
c
k
e
d
o
u
t
the s
ec
ond
fr
om the
l
a
st.
Th
e
y
didn
’
t
e
v
e
n
h
a
ve
to
s
e
ttle
in
pl
a
c
e
b
e
f
o
r
e
she
w
a
s pointing
him out.
“
A
r
e
y
ou
a
bsolut
e
l
y s
u
r
e
a
bout
thi
s
?
”
one
of
the
m
e
n
in
the
r
oom with th
e
m
a
sk
e
d.
“
Y
e
s, th
a
t is him.
I
’
ll n
e
v
e
r
f
o
r
g
e
t his
fa
c
e
.”
“
Th
a
t
’
s
g
ood
e
no
u
g
h
f
or
m
e
,” the oth
e
r m
a
n
s
a
id.
“
Th
a
nk
y
ou
f
or
g
ivi
n
g
us
y
our
tim
e
. You
ca
n si
g
n
y
o
ur
c
ompl
a
int
on
y
our
w
a
y
ou
t
.”
The two
poli
ce
m
e
n
who
’
d
b
ee
n
a
t
the
hospit
a
l
e
s
c
o
r
t
e
d
th
e
m
b
ac
k to
the int
er
vi
e
w
r
oom
a
nd
op
e
n
e
d
a
f
old
e
r
with
a
t
y
p
e
d
p
a
ge
f
or
h
e
r
to
rea
d
a
nd
a
pp
r
ove
b
ef
o
r
e
she si
g
n
e
d
it.
I
t
took
h
e
r
two
minut
e
s
to
r
e
a
d th
r
ou
g
h it
a
nd
a
g
re
e
w
ith wh
a
t th
e
y
’
d w
r
itt
e
n.
S
he
si
g
n
e
d it
a
nd h
ea
v
e
d out a
b
rea
th in
r
e
l
i
ef
.
“
I
s
th
a
t
a
ll
she
n
ee
ds
t
o
do
now?
W
ill
she
h
a
ve
to
t
e
sti
f
y
in
c
ou
r
t
?
”
R
y
k
e
r
a
sk
e
d t
h
e
m.
“
Y
e
s,
if
it
g
o
e
s
to
t
r
i
a
l,
but
I think
h
e’
ll
t
a
ke
a
d
ea
l
a
nd
pl
e
a
d
g
uil
t
y
,
”
the
y
ou
n
g
e
r
m
a
n
s
a
id.
“
S
o h
e’
ll g
e
t out soon
e
r
t
h
a
n if
he
w
e
nt to t
r
i
a
l
,
”
Pe
y
ton s
a
id.
“
Y
ea
h,
but
it
s
a
v
e
y
ou
f
r
om
h
a
ving
to
r
e
live
the
e
nti
r
e
e
x
p
er
i
e
n
c
e
a
g
a
in.”
“
He
b
e
tt
e
r
not
c
ome
n
e
a
r
h
e
r
a
f
t
e
r
h
e
g
e
ts
out.
I
’
ll
be
w
a
iting on him,”
R
y
k
e
r
s
a
id with a
g
r
o
wl.
“
Th
a
t
’
s
e
no
u
g
h,
R
y
k
er
.
L
e
t
’
s
g
o.
I don
’
t
w
a
nt
to
be
h
er
e
a
n
y
mo
r
e
,”
P
e
y
ton told him.
* * * *
Pe
y
ton
h
a
d
to
a
dmit
th
a
t
she
w
a
s
h
a
vi
n
g a
g
ood
tim
e
.
R
y
k
e
r
r
e
a
l
l
y didn
’
t s
ee
m to mind sh
o
ppin
g
.
W
ho would
h
a
ve
thou
g
ht a
m
a
n
c
ould
e
nj
o
y shoppi
n
g
.
Of
c
ou
r
s
e
,
she
w
a
sn
’
t
c
loth
e
s
shoppin
g
.
Not
th
a
t
she
rea
l
l
y
g
ot
into
it
like
most
wom
e
n
did,
but
she
did
o
cca
sion
a
l
l
y
h
a
v
e to
b
u
y th
e
m.
No,
he
f
o
l
low
e
d
a
long
b
e
hind
h
e
r
pushing
the
bug
g
y while
she
g
a
th
ere
d
h
e
r
g
r
o
cer
i
e
s,
o
c
c
a
sion
a
l
l
y
a
dding
som
e
thing
to his st
ac
k.
“
Th
a
t
’
s
a
ll
I n
e
e
d,”
she
told
him.
“
Do
y
ou
h
a
v
e
a
n
y
thi
n
g
e
lse
on
y
o
ur
list
?
”
“
Nop
e
,
this
will
do
m
e
.”
He
push
e
d
the
bug
g
y
t
o
w
ar
d
the
fr
ont
of
the
sto
r
e
a
nd the
c
h
ec
ko
u
t lin
e
s.
“
I
should
h
a
v
e
c
ome
in
m
y
c
ar
.
T
h
e
n
I
c
ould
h
a
ve
g
one
b
a
c
k
to
m
y
a
p
ar
tm
e
nt
a
nd put
a
ll
of
this up,”
she
s
a
id.
“
Nons
e
ns
e
.
I
’
ll
be
a
ble
t
o
h
e
lp
y
ou
c
ar
r
y
it
a
ll
insid
e
.
Nothing
I
g
ot
is
p
er
ish
a
bl
e
,
so
it
will
be
f
ine out
in
the t
r
u
c
k
until
we
g
e
t
f
inish
e
d.”
Pe
y
ton
h
a
d
b
e
e
n
su
r
p
r
is
e
d
wh
e
n
he
pull
e
d
out
the
F
o
r
d
F
-
150
fr
om
the
c
ar
po
r
t
o
f
his
c
ondo.
The
sl
ee
k
b
l
ac
k
t
r
u
c
k
f
it
him
a
s
mu
c
h
a
s
the
moto
r
c
y
c
le
did.
I
t
r
ode
c
om
f
o
r
t
a
b
l
y
a
nd
t
he
b
ac
ks
ea
t
h
e
ld
a
ll th
e
ir
g
r
o
c
e
r
i
e
s.
“
W
h
y
don
’
t
w
e
pi
c
k up
y
our
l
a
und
r
y
on the
w
a
y
?
”
he
a
sk
e
d.