Peyton's Pleasure (135 page)

I
t
should
h
a
ve bot
h
ere
d
h
e
r th
a
t
he
w
a
s
th
a
t
a
r
r
og
a
nt
a
bout
h
e
r
fee
li
n
g
s
f
or
him,
but
she
c
ouldn
’
t
wo
r
k
up
a
n
y
r
i
g
ht
e
ous
ind
i
g
n
a
tion. He
w
a
s
r
i
g
ht.
S
he
w
a
s
smitt
e
n
with
him
a
nd
kn
e
w
it.
Th
er
e
w
a
s
n
o

n
ee
d
to
t
r
y
a
nd
hide
it.
S
he
kn
e
w
he
w
a
s
hook
e
d
on
h
e
r
a
s
w
e
ll.
I
t
w
a
s in
his
e
y
e
s,
the
w
a
y
h
e look
e
d
a
t
h
e
r
w
h
e
n
he thou
g
ht
she
w
a
s sl
ee
pin
g
.
His
e
y
e
s
h
e
ld
a poss
e
ssiv
e
n
e
ss
to
th
e
m
th
a
t
w
a
s
t
e
mp
ered
with
som
e
thing w
ar
m
e
r
a
nd
so
f
t
er
.
S
he
w
a
sn
’
t
su
r
e
wh
a
t
it
w
a
s,
but m
a
y
b
e
, just m
a
y
b
e
, it
c
o
uld be
lov
e
.

L
ov
e
.
Did
she
love
hi
m
?
M
a
y
b
e
.
P
r
ob
a
b
l
y
.
I
t
w
a
s
h
ar
d
f
or
h
e
r
to be
su
re
.
S
h
e’
d
sp
e
nt
so
mu
c
h
time
m
a
king su
r
e
n
e
v
e
r
to
g
e
t
e
motion
a
l
l
y involv
e
d
w
i
th
a
n
y
one
th
a
t
now
she
w
a
sn
’
t
su
r
e
wh
a
t
it would
fee
l like
to be
in
l
ov
e
.

Pe
y
ton
f
ollow
e
d
the
ot
h
e
r
g
i
r
ls
out
to
th
e
ir
c
ar
s
a
nd
c
limb
e
d
in.
S
he
d
ec
id
e
d
to
g
o
b
y h
e
r
a
p
ar
tm
e
nt
a
n
y
w
a
y
a
nd
pi
c
k
up
a
c
h
a
n
ge
of
c
loth
e
s.
S
h
e’
d
b
ee
n
w
a
shing h
er
s
ov
e
r
a
nd
ov
e
r
a
t
R
y
k
e
r
’
s.
It
wouldn
’
t hu
r
t to h
a
ve
a
n
oth
e
r
c
h
a
n
ge
th
e
r
e
.

“
S
e
e
y
ou
tomo
rr
ow n
i
g
h
t,” one of the
g
i
r
ls
c
a
ll
e
d
out
a
s
she shut h
e
r
doo
r
.

Pe
y
ton
w
a
v
e
d
a
nd
c
limb
e
d
in
h
e
r
car
,
c
losi
n
g
a
nd
lo
c
king
the

doo
r
,
she
put
on
h
e
r
s
afe
t
y b
e
lt
a
nd
h
e
a
d
e
d
f
or
h
e
r
a
p
ar
tm
e
nt.
Nothing look
e
d
out
of pl
a
c
e w
h
e
n
she pull
e
d
up.
A
f
t
e
r t
h
e
a
tt
ac
k,
sh
e’
d
b
ee
n sup
e
r
obs
er
v
a
nt
of
things
ar
ound
h
er
.
S
he
did
n
’
t
e
x
p
ec
t
a
n
y
f
u
r
th
e
r t
r
oubl
e
, but she
f
i
g
u
re
d
b
e
ing
ca
utious w
a
s a
g
ood
thin
g
.

A
f
t
e
r
unlo
c
ki
n
g t
h
e
do
o
r
,
P
e
y
ton
w
a
lk
e
d
in
a
nd
swit
c
h
e
d
on
the li
g
hts.
S
h
e’
d
b
ee
n
th
e
r
e
the
d
a
y
b
ef
o
r
e
,
but
it
fe
lt
like
f
o
re
v
e
r
sin
c
e sh
e’
d
b
ee
n
t
h
er
e
a
lon
e
.
Usu
a
l
l
y
R
y
k
e
r
w
a
s
with
h
e
r
wh
e
n
s
h
e
ca
m
e
b
y now.
S
he
s
ee
m
e
d
to
be
sp
e
ndi
n
g
a
ll
h
e
r
t
i
me
a
t
his
pl
ace
.
S
he w
a
nd
e
r
e
d
a
r
ound the
two
r
ooms b
ef
o
r
e
si
g
hi
n
g
a
n
d sitting
on the
e
d
ge of h
e
r m
a
tt
r
e
ss.
I
t
didn
’
t
fee
l
a
s
mu
c
h
like home
a
s
it
use to.
Now
she w
a
s
b
e
g
inning to
g
e
t
u
s
e
to
R
y
k
e
r
’
s
c
ondo.
I
t
f
e
lt
like
hom
e
.
S
he
g
r
inn
e
d.
T
h
a
t
w
a
s
a
g
o
o
d
thin
g
,
she d
ec
id
e
d,
a
nd
jump
e
d
up
to
g
ra
b
a
c
h
a
n
g
e
of
c
loth
e
s.