Peyton's Pleasure (37 page)

sh
e’
d
h
a
v
e
to
be
the
o
n
e
to
b
rea
k
it.
B
ut
h
e
ll,
h
a
d
n
’
t
she
a
l
r
e
a
d
y
done th
a
t
b
y
g
ivi
n
g
him h
e
r
ce
ll phone
numb
er
?

N
a
w,
f
u
c
k
buddi
e
s
h
a
d
to
h
a
ve
a
w
a
y to
g
e
t
in
tou
c
h
with
e
a
c
h oth
er
.
I
t
w
a
s
c
ool.
T
h
e
n
w
h
y w
a
s
she
st
a
ndi
n
g th
er
e
w
o
r
r
y
i
n
g
a
bout
it wh
e
n
she
should
h
a
ve
b
e
e
n
t
a
ki
n
g
c
ar
e
o
f
c
usto
m
er
s?
B
ec
ause
y
ou
’
r
e an
idiot,
P
ey
ton.
H
e’
s
j
ust
a
man.
Som
e
one
to
s
c
rat
c
h
that
it
c
h
y
ou g
e
t.
Thou
g
h
she
w
a
sn
’
t
pi
c
k
y
on
looks,
she
w
a
s
pi
c
k
y in
s
afe
t
y
a
nd p
ref
e
rre
d
no
o
n
e
with
b
a
gg
a
g
e
.
S
he
lik
e
d
h
e
r
m
e
n
st
r
i
c
t
l
y b
a
gg
a
g
e
-
free
.
No
one
to
c
ome
into
h
e
r
a
p
ar
tm
e
nt
think
i
ng
th
e
y would
st
a
y
a
whil
e
.
No
one to
d
ea
l
with
a
t
the l
e
a
st
oppo
r
t
u
ne tim
e
s,
su
c
h
a
s
e
x
- wiv
e
s
a
nd
g
i
r
l
fr
i
e
nds,
o
r
God
f
o
r
bid,
a
n
e
x
-
bookie
or
suppli
er
.

S
he
didn
’
t
s
e
nse
a
n
y
thing like
th
a
t
with
R
y
k
e
r
,
but
she
sti
l
l b
e
li
e
v
e
d
th
a
t
som
e
thi
n
g
too
g
ood
to
be
t
r
u
e
p
r
ob
a
b
l
y
w
a
s.
I
t
h
a
d n
e
v
e
r
l
e
t
h
e
r
down
y
e
t.
S
he
w
a
s
w
a
iti
n
g
f
or
t
h
e
oth
e
r
shoe
to
d
r
op.
W
a
t
c
hing
f
or
it
a
s s
h
e
w
a
s,
Pe
y
ton would be
r
ea
d
y
f
or
it this tim
e
.

* * * *

R
y
k
e
r l
e
a
n
e
d
b
a
c
k
in
his
o
ff
i
c
e
c
h
a
i
r
,
wiping
a h
a
nd
ov
e
r his
fac
e in
fr
ust
ra
tion.
The
busi
n
e
ss
d
ea
l
on
his
d
e
sk
w
a
s
rea
d
y to
g
o.
All
it n
ee
d
e
d
w
a
s
his
s
i
g
n
a
t
ur
e
to
put
it
in
motion,
b
ut
he
h
e
sit
a
t
e
d.
He n
e
v
e
r h
e
sit
a
t
e
d.
I
f
it
fe
lt
r
i
g
ht,
he w
e
nt
with
it.
I
f it
s
ee
m
e
d
o
ff
,
he t
a
bl
e
d
the
pl
a
n
a
nd
st
a
r
t
e
d
on
a
n
e
w
on
e
.
W
h
a
t
w
a
s
di
ff
e
re
nt
this tim
e
?

Pe
y
ton.
I
t
h
a
d
b
ee
n
a
l
m
ost
two
d
a
y
s
sin
c
e
h
e
h
a
d
s
ee
n
h
e
r
.
One mo
r
ning
of
b
a
si
c
a
l
l
y
t
a
me
s
e
x
f
or
him
a
nd
h
e
w
a
s
a
l
r
ea
d
y thinki
n
g
a
bout
h
e
r
a
ll
the
tim
e
.
N
ot
on
c
e
in
the
y
e
ar
s
he
h
a
d
b
ee
n
d
a
ting h
a
d
a wom
a
n
e
v
e
r
int
e
rf
e
re
d
w
ith his wo
r
k. Not on
ce
—
until now.