Peyton's Pleasure (44 page)

S
he
y
e
l
p
e
d
a
t
h
e
ar
i
n
g
h
i
m
so
c
lose
to
h
er
.
I
nsid
e
,
she
cr
i
n
g
e
d
t
h
at

he
mi
g
ht
h
a
v
e
h
e
a
r
d
h
e
r
thou
g
hts.
I
t
wouldn
’
t
h
a
ve
su
r
p
r
is
e
d
h
e
r
a
t this
point
to
f
ind
o
u
t
he
c
ould
rea
d
minds.
Ev
e
r
y
t
hing
e
lse
a
bout
him p
r
ov
e
d to be
l
a
r
g
e
r
th
a
n
l
i
fe
, inst
ea
d of
his
c
o
c
k.

“
Um,
I
’
m
c
oming
in.”
S
he unbu
c
kl
e
d
h
e
r
s
ea
t
b
e
lt
a
nd
g
ot
out
of the
car
.

B
ef
o
r
e s
h
e k
n
e
w
it,
h
e’
d
g
r
a
bb
e
d
both
h
e
r
pu
r
se
a
nd
h
e
r
o
v
er
n
i
g
ht b
a
g
f
r
om
the
p
a
ss
e
ng
e
r
s
ea
t.
He
g
r
inn
e
d
a
t
h
e
r
a
nd
j
er
k
e
d
his
h
ea
d tow
ar
d the
doo
r
.

“
C
ome
on in. Dinn
e
r
will be
rea
d
y
in
a
f
e
w minut
e
s.”

“
Dinn
er
?
You
c
ook
e
d
?
”
S
he popp
e
d
h
e
r
h
a
nd
o
v
e
r
h
e
r mouth
a
t how it sound
e
d wh
e
n it
c
a
me
out.

“
A
c
tu
a
l
l
y
,
I
c
a
n
c
ook,
b
ut
I
didn
’
t
c
ook
this.
I
’
m
w
ar
mi
n
g
it
up
,
”

he
s
a
id
a
s he
o
p
e
n
e
d the
door
to ush
e
r
h
e
r
insid
e
.

The
e
nt
ra
n
c
e
o
p
e
n
e
d
di
r
e
c
t
l
y
into
the
living
a
r
ea
,
wh
er
e
h
ar
dwood
f
loo
r
s
shown
a
s
if
n
e
wly
polish
e
d.
A
m
a
ssive
pl
a
sma
TV
took
up most
of
one w
a
ll
with
the
e
nt
er
t
a
inm
e
nt
e
quipm
e
nt
su
rr
ounding
it t
a
king
up
the
re
st
of
the
w
a
ll.
I
n
f
r
ont
of
it
s
a
t
two
l
ea
th
e
r
lou
n
ge
c
h
a
i
r
s th
a
t look
e
d so
f
t
a
s butt
er
. A
cr
oss
fr
om the
TV a
f
i
re
pl
a
c
e domin
a
t
e
d
a
noth
e
r w
a
ll
with
a l
a
r
g
e so
f
a
ce
nt
e
r
e
d
in
fr
ont
of it.
G
a
s lo
g
s
f
ill
e
d
the
f
i
re
p
l
ac
e
a
nd,
d
e
spite
it
b
e
i
n
g s
u
mm
er
,
he
h
a
d
a
f
i
re
g
oi
n
g
.
I
t
a
d
d
e
d
a
n
a
mbi
e
n
c
e
to the
r
oom in
g
e
n
e
r
a
l.

“
C
ome on.
I
’
ll
show
y
ou
the kit
c
h
e
n
a
nd
t
h
e b
e
d
r
o
om.
Th
er
e
w
e
r
e two
b
e
d
r
ooms,
but
I u
s
e
one
a
s
a
n
o
ff
i
c
e
.”
He
g
uid
e
d
h
e
r
with
a
h
a
nd
a
t h
e
r
e
lbow.

The
living
a
r
e
a
f
low
e
d
into
a
dini
n
g
r
oom,
whi
c
h
op
e
n
e
d
into
the kit
c
h
e
n.
The
h
ar
d
wood
f
loo
r
s
c
ontinu
e
d
th
r
ou
g
h
out
the
e
nti
r
e
house so
fa
r
th
a
t
Pe
y
ton
h
a
d
s
e
e
n.
S
he
wouldn
’
t
be
su
r
p
r
is
e
d
if
e
v
e
r
y
r
oom
e
x
ce
pt
m
a
y
be t
h
e b
a
th
r
o
om
h
a
d
th
e
m.
S
he lov
e
d
wood
f
loo
r
s.
Th
e
y w
er
e
so
mu
c
h
ea
si
e
r
to
k
ee
p
c
l
ea
n.
S
h
a
ki
n
g o
f
f
the
thou
g
ht
sin
c
e
the pl
ac
e
w
a
sn
’
t
h
e
r
s,
P
e
y
t
o
n
took
in
the st
a
t
e-
o
f
-
t
h
e-ar
t
kit
c
h
e
n.
A
b
ar
divid
e
d
the wo
r
ks
p
ac
e
fr
om
the
dining
a
r
e
a
.
W
ood
ca
bin
e
ts
c
ompl
e
m
e
nt
e
d
the
g
r
a
nite
c
ount
e
r
tops
a
nd
cer
a
mic b
ac
kspl
a
sh.
The
a
ppli
a
n
ce
s
w
er
e
a
ll
st
a
in
l
e
ss
st
ee
l
Kit
c
h
e
nAid
a
nd
look
e
d
to
be b
ra
nd n
e
w.