Peyton's Pleasure (139 page)

“
I
’
m
not
w
h
a
t
y
ou
n
e
e
d
,
R
y
k
e
r
.
I
’
m
a
nobo
d
y
.
I
’
m
poo
r
,
b
are
l
y p
a
y
m
y
bills,
a
nd
wo
r
k
t
wo
jobs.
Thi
n
g
s
n
e
v
e
r
s
hould
h
a
ve
g
o
n
e
this

far
.
I
w
a
s
a
f
ool
to
b
e
li
e
v
e
I
c
ould
hold
y
our
int
e
r
e
st
f
or
lo
n
g
.
I
’
m
not sophisti
ca
t
e
d
or
e
du
ca
t
e
d.
I
’
m
just
m
e
.”
S
he
f
i
n
a
l
l
y look
e
d
into
his
e
y
e
s
a
nd the
p
a
in he
s
a
w
n
ear
l
y
b
r
o
u
g
ht him to his kn
ee
s.

“
Pe
y
ton,
I l
ef
t
t
h
e
old
m
e
b
e
hind
w
h
e
n
I mo
v
e
d
h
ere
.
I w
a
n
t
e
d
to live
li
f
e
m
y w
a
y
.
Not
t
h
e
w
a
y it
w
a
s
b
ac
k
in
D
a
l
l
a
s.
You
’r
e
m
y w
a
y
,
Pe
y
ton.
You
’
r
e
h
o
w
I
w
a
nt
to
liv
e
.
I
w
a
nt
y
ou
in
m
y li
fe
.
I
w
a
nt
to
g
o to
sl
ee
p
with
y
ou
in
m
y
ar
ms
e
v
e
r
y n
i
g
ht
a
nd
w
a
ke
up
with
y
ou
th
e
r
e
e
v
e
r
y
mo
r
ni
n
g
. Give
us
a
c
h
a
n
c
e
to wo
r
k this out.
P
l
ea
s
e
.”

Thou
g
hts
f
li
c
k
e
d
a
cr
oss
h
e
r
fa
c
e mu
c
h
like a pi
c
tu
r
e show
a
s
she thou
g
ht
e
v
e
r
y
thi
n
g ov
er
.
He
kn
e
w
wh
e
n
she
h
a
d
m
a
de
up
h
e
r
mind. H
e
r
f
ac
e
re
l
a
x
e
d, but she
still look
e
d d
efea
t
e
d.

“
I
f
y
ou didn
’
t love
h
er
,
wh
y
did
y
ou
a
sk
h
e
r
to m
a
rr
y
y
ou
a
nd w
h
y didn
’
t it wo
r
k ou
t
?
”
she
f
in
a
l
l
y
a
sk
e
d.

“
C
a
n
we
g
o
inside
a
nd
t
a
l
k
?
I
t
’
s
not
v
e
r
y
p
r
iv
a
te
out
h
ere
,
”
R
y
k
e
r s
a
id.

S
he
si
g
h
e
d
a
nd
nodd
e
d
h
e
r
h
ea
d.
He
w
a
it
e
d
a
s
she
unlo
c
k
e
d
the

door
a
nd
w
a
lk
e
d
inside
b
ef
o
r
e
he
f
ollow
e
d
h
er
.
S
he
h
ea
d
e
d
st
ra
i
g
ht
f
or the kit
c
h
e
n.
W
h
e
n
s
h
e pull
e
d
out
the
J
ac
k
D
a
ni
e
l
’
s,
he
w
a
nt
e
d
to ki
c
k
the
c
h
a
i
r
.
H
e’
d
d
r
i
v
e
n
h
e
r
to
d
r
ink.
I
t
w
a
s
a
s
a
d
d
a
y wh
e
n
h
e
h
a
d d
r
iv
e
n a
wom
a
n to d
r
ink.

* * * *

Pe
y
ton
pou
re
d
a
g
e
n
er
o
u
s
a
mount
of
J
ac
k
into
a
g
l
a
ss
th
e
n
pull
e
d out
a
di
e
t
c
ola
a
nd
f
ini
s
h
e
d
f
illing
the
g
l
a
ss.
S
he
took
a
h
ea
lt
h
y
sip
a
nd
sw
a
llow
e
d,
re
lishing
the bu
r
n
a
s
it
t
ra
v
e
l
e
d
down
h
e
r th
r
o
a
t.
S
he n
ee
d
e
d
som
e
thing
to
m
a
ke
h
e
r
fee
l
r
i
g
ht
th
e
n.
The
whis
k
y w
a
s
a
g
ood st
ar
t.

G
ra
bbi
n
g
the
g
l
a
ss
she
carr
i
e
d
it
b
a
c
k
to
the
love
s
ea
t
a
nd
s
a
t down.
S
he
didn
’
t
invite
him
to
sit
n
e
x
t
to
h
er
.
I
f
he
did,
she
mi
g
ht h
a
ve
b
r
ok
e
n
down
a
nd
cr
i
e
d,
but
he
s
ee
m
e
d
to
know
a
nd
s
e
ttl
e
d hims
e
lf
on a
st
ra
i
g
ht
c
h
a
i
r
he
d
r
a
gg
e
d
fr
om the
ki
t
c
h
e
n
a
r
ea.