Peyton's Pleasure (69 page)

R
y
k
e
r
sl
a
mm
e
d
his
f
ist
into
the
pun
c
hing b
a
g ov
e
r
a
nd
ov
e
r
a
g
a
in.
I
t
j
ar
r
e
d
him
a
ll
t
h
e
w
a
y
up
his
a
r
m
a
nd
into
his
should
er
.
T
h
e
p
a
in
a
nd
dis
c
om
f
o
r
t
f
e
lt
g
ood
to
his
n
ear
l
y numb
s
y
st
e
m.
All
he
c
ould
s
e
e wh
e
n he
c
los
e
d
his
e
y
e
s
w
a
s
P
e
y
ton
in G
r
a
d
y
’
s
ar
ms, kissing him— G
ra
d
y
with his
ar
ms
a
r
o
u
nd h
er
.
P
a
in hit him h
ar
d in the
c
h
e
st.

He
g
l
a
n
c
e
d up
a
nd to his
l
ef
t
a
t the
c
lo
c
k on
the
w
a
ll. H
e’
d
b
ee
n
at
the
b
a
g
f
o
r
n
e
ar
l
y thi
r
t
y
minut
e
s
now.
Time
to
move
on.
He
g
a
ve
the o
ffe
ndi
n
g b
a
g
a
not
h
e
r
b
a
rr
a
g
e
o
f
pun
c
h
e
s
a
nd
b
a
c
k
e
d
o
ff
,
sh
a
ki
n
g o
f
f the
bu
r
n in his
ar
ms
a
nd
should
er
s.

He
s
e
l
ec
t
e
d
a
n
e
llipti
ca
l
t
ra
in
e
r
a
nd
c
limb
e
d
on
a
f
t
e
r
doing some w
ar
m
-
up
st
re
t
c
h
e
s.
He s
e
t
the p
ac
e
a
nd
will
e
d
his
mind
to
g
o
bl
a
nk.
I
t didn
’
t.
Mu
c
h
to
his
a
g
g
r
a
v
a
tion,
no
m
a
tt
e
r wh
a
t
he did,
he
c
ouldn
’
t stop
his
m
ind
fr
om
re
tu
r
ning to
Pe
y
ton.
H
e’
d
b
e
e
n
so
su
r
e
she
w
a
s
the on
e
,
but
if
she
c
ould
l
ea
ve
his
b
e
d
a
nd
jump
in
b
e
d
with
G
r
a
d
y
,
th
e
n he w
a
s
w
r
o
n
g
.
S
he w
a
s
n
’
t
the one
f
or him.
He
w
ould
acce
pt
nothing sho
r
t
of
tot
a
l
l
o
y
a
l
t
y
,
a
n
d
she
obvious
l
y didn
’
t
h
a
ve
a
n
y
.
N
e
v
e
r
mind th
a
t
th
e
y
h
a
dn
’
t
dis
c
uss
e
d
s
ee
ing
e
ac
h
oth
e
r
e
x
c
lusiv
e
l
y
.
I
t
w
a
s
the p
r
in
c
iple
of
the
m
a
tt
er
.

S
w
ea
t
pou
re
d
o
f
f
his
c
hin
to
r
oll down
his
a
bdom
e
n.
He
c
ould
fee
l the
r
ivul
e
ts
r
unni
n
g
d
o
wn
his
b
a
c
k.
Anot
h
e
r
g
l
a
n
c
e
a
t
the
c
lo
c
k
a
ssu
re
d
him
he still
h
a
d
a
noth
e
r
f
i
f
t
e
e
n
minut
e
s
to
g
o.
The popul
a
r
i
t
y of th
e
se
e
llipti
ca
l
t
ra
in
e
r
s
w
a
s
so
h
i
g
h
th
a
t
time
w
a
s
limit
e
d
to
f
o
r
t
y
-
f
ive minut
e
s
eac
h.
As
s
o
on
a
s
his
time w
a
s
up,
he
g
r
a
bb
e
d
the
bottl
e
d
c
l
ea
ns
e
r
a
nd wip
e
d d
o
wn
the
m
ac
hine
f
o
r
the
n
e
x
t p
er
son.