Peyton's Pleasure (68 page)

r
il
e
d up
?
”

“
No. I
h
a
d
no
id
e
a
he
w
a
s
e
v
e
n
h
e
r
e
.
He
must
h
a
ve
s
ee
n
us th
r
ou
g
h the
window.”
Pe
y
t
on h
u
g
g
e
d
h
er
s
e
l
f
.

“
W
h
y in
the
h
e
ll
did
y
o
u
kiss
me
wh
e
n
y
ou
h
a
d
no
int
e
ntion
of t
a
king
thi
n
g
s
a
n
y
f
u
r
t
h
e
r
?
”
G
ra
d
y
ra
n
a
h
a
nd th
r
o
u
g
h his h
a
i
r
.

“
I
w
a
nt
e
d to
s
e
e
if
th
e
r
e
w
a
s
a
n
y
di
f
f
ere
n
ce
.
”
“
W
h
a
t do
y
ou m
e
a
n a
di
f
fere
n
ce
?
”

“
I
n
how
y
ou
kiss
e
d
m
e
,
how
it
fe
lt
w
h
e
n
y
ou
ki
s
s
e
d
m
e
.”
P
e
y
ton

c
los
e
d h
e
r
e
y
e
s.

“
You w
e
r
e
c
omp
a
r
i
n
g
me
to
R
y
k
e
r
?
”
he
a
sk
e
d,
c
l
ear
l
y
a
stonish
e
d.
“
Not
like
th
a
t.
I
just
w
a
nt
e
d
to
know
if
he
w
a
s
r
e
a
l
l
y
th
a
t

di
ffere
nt
.
”

“
And
y
ou
thou
g
ht
it
w
a
s
ok
a
y
to
use
me
a
s
a
g
uin
e
a
p
i
g
,”
he
s
a
id in a
qui
e
t,
c
ont
r
oll
e
d voi
ce
.

“
No,
it
w
a
sn
’
t
r
i
g
ht.
I
’
m
so
r
r
y
,
G
ra
d
y
.
God,
I’
ve
m
a
de
su
c
h
a m
e
ss
of
thin
g
s
.
”
S
he
r
a
n
h
e
r
h
a
nds
ov
e
r
h
e
r
f
a
c
e
th
e
n
p
re
ss
e
d
t
h
e h
ee
ls of
h
e
r
p
a
lms in h
e
r
e
y
e
s.

“
I
think
y
ou
b
e
tt
e
r
l
e
a
v
e
now
b
ef
o
r
e
I
s
a
y
s
o
m
e
thing
I
mi
g
ht
r
e
g
re
t o
n
e
d
a
y
.”

Pe
y
ton
s
e
a
rc
h
e
d
his
f
a
ce
.
S
he
kn
e
w
s
h
e
h
a
d
hu
r
t—possib
l
y

r
uin
e
d—h
e
r
fr
i
e
ndship
with
G
ra
d
y
.
W
ith
a
st
r
a
n
g
l
e
d
c
r
y
she
tu
r
n
e
d
a
nd w
a
lk
e
d
acr
oss the
r
o
om.
S
he
h
e
sit
a
t
e
d
a
t the
doo
r
.

“
I
’
m
r
e
a
l
l
y
so
r
r
y
,
G
ra
d
y
.
”
Th
e
n
she
op
e
n
e
d
the
d
oor
a
nd
w
a
lk
e
d

out of
h
e
r
b
e
st
f
r
i
e
nd
’
s
h
ous
e
.

Th
er
e
w
a
s
no
use
in
lo
o
king
f
or
R
y
k
er
.
He
wou
l
dn
’
t
list
e
n
to h
e
r
a
n
y
w
a
y
.
W
h
y did
s
h
e
w
a
nt
to
f
ind
him
in
the
f
i
r
st
pl
ace
?
S
he
didn
’
t w
a
nt
to
g
e
t
involv
e
d
with
him,
did sh
e
?
Wa
sn
’
t
th
a
t
the
e
nti
r
e p
r
obl
e
m?
C
on
f
us
e
d
a
nd d
e
p
re
ss
e
d, s
h
e
h
ea
d
e
d
f
o
r
hom
e
.

On
c
e inside h
e
r
a
p
a
r
tm
e
nt,
Pe
y
ton
p
a
c
e
d
the
f
loo
r
.
Thou
g
hts
f
litt
e
d
in
a
nd
out
of h
e
r h
ea
d
a
s
she t
r
i
e
d
to
f
i
g
u
r
e
out
wh
a
t
she
rea
l
l
y w
a
nt
e
d.
Ev
e
r
y
thi
n
g
h
a
d
c
h
a
n
g
e
d
sin
c
e
m
ee
ti
n
g
R
y
k
e
r
.
S
he
w
a
nt
e
d
to be ind
e
p
e
nd
e
nt
a
nd
st
r
o
n
g
.
Did
it
c
ome with
too
h
i
g
h
a p
r
i
ce
,
tho
u
g
h?
W
ould
re
l
y
i
n
g on
no
one
but
h
er
s
e
lf
hold
h
e
r
b
ac
k
fr
om
som
e
thi
n
g mo
re?