Peyton's Pleasure (76 page)

T
e
n
minut
e
s
l
a
t
er
,
th
e
y
arr
iv
e
d
a
long
with
a
n
a
mbul
a
n
ce
.
T
h
e poli
c
e took
th
e
ir
st
a
t
e
m
e
nts,
a
nd
th
e
n
insist
e
d
th
a
t
she go
to
the hospit
a
l
b
y
a
mbul
a
n
ce
.
Th
e
y
would
c
ontinue
with
th
e
ir
qu
e
stions

af
t
e
r
the
d
o
c
tor
h
a
d
t
a
k
e
n
car
e
o
f
h
er
.
I
k
e
p
r
om
i
s
e
d
to
s
e
e
a
bout
h
e
r
ca
r
a
nd to
c
h
ec
k on
h
e
r
l
a
t
er
.

As
soon
a
s
th
e
y
h
a
d
h
e
r
s
e
ttl
e
d
into
one
of
the
e
x
a
m
r
ooms,
a nu
r
se
ca
me in
a
nd
h
e
lp
e
d
h
e
r out
of h
e
r
c
loth
e
s
a
nd
into
a
g
own.
H
e h
ea
d w
a
s th
r
obbi
n
g
a
nd
h
e
r
n
ec
k b
u
r
n
e
d.

“
I
’
m
g
oi
n
g
to
h
a
ve
to
t
a
ke
y
o
u
r
c
loth
e
s
a
nd
g
i
ve
th
e
m
to
the poli
c
e
f
or
e
vid
e
n
ce
.
I
’
ll
g
e
t
y
ou
som
e
thi
n
g
to
put
on
on
c
e
y
o
u
’r
e
rea
d
y to
g
o
ho
m
e
,”
the
n
u
r
se
e
x
pl
a
in
e
d
a
s
she
f
o
l
d
e
d
h
e
r
c
loth
e
s
a
nd pl
ace
d th
e
m into a
p
a
p
e
r
b
a
g
.

A
f
t
e
r
w
h
a
t
s
ee
m
e
d
like
a
n
hou
r
,
a
d
o
c
tor
f
in
a
l
l
y
ca
me
in
to
s
e
e
a
bout
h
er
.
H
e
e
x
a
min
e
d
h
e
r th
r
o
a
t
a
nd
told
the nu
r
se to
s
e
t
h
e
r up
f
or stit
c
h
e
s.

“
I
a
lso
w
a
nt
a
n
X
-
r
a
y
o
f
h
e
r
h
ea
d.
S
he
mi
g
ht
h
a
ve
a
c
on
c
ussion
b
y the
looks
o
f
th
a
t
knot
on
h
e
r
f
o
re
h
e
a
d
th
e
r
e
,”
t
he
do
c
tor
s
a
id.
“
Did he
ra
pe
y
ou?
Do we
n
e
e
d
to do
a
n
e
x
a
m
?
”

Pe
y
ton
w
a
s
su
r
e
he
w
a
s
t
r
y
i
n
g to
be
m
a
tt
e
r
o
f
f
a
c
t
a
bout
it
to
k
ee
p h
e
r
f
r
om
g
e
tti
n
g
so
up
s
e
t,
but
it
didn
’
t
wo
r
k.
T
ear
s
b
e
g
a
n
fa
lli
n
g
a
g
a
in.
S
he
sw
a
llow
e
d
a
nd
g
r
o
a
n
e
d
b
eca
u
s
e
it
h
u
r
t
to
sw
a
llow.
S
he
c
ould still
fee
l his h
a
nds
ar
ound h
e
r
n
ec
k.

“
No,
he didn
’
t
r
a
pe m
e
.
He didn
’
t
g
e
t
the
c
h
a
n
ce
,” s
h
e
f
in
a
l
l
y
a
nsw
e
r
e
d him.

“
Ok
a
y
, l
e
t
’
s put a
fe
w st
i
t
c
h
e
s in
a
nd s
e
e
a
bout
y
o
ur
h
ea
d.”

A
f
t
e
r
a
tot
a
l
of
f
i
v
e
stit
c
h
e
s,
a
b
a
n
d
a
g
e
,
a
nd
a
n
X
-r
a
y
,
th
e
y
l
e
t
the poli
c
e b
ac
k
into
h
e
r
r
o
o
m.
S
he w
e
nt
ov
e
r
w
h
a
t
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d
ear
li
e
r
in
the b
a
r
a
nd th
e
n l
a
t
e
r
outside
wh
e
n he
h
a
d
a
tt
ac
k
e
d h
e
r
.

“
W
e h
a
ve
his
in
f
o
r
m
a
tion
fr
om
the
b
a
r
t
e
nd
e
r
a
n
d
we
h
a
ve
some n
a
m
e
s
to
c
ont
ac
t
f
o
r
mo
r
e
in
f
o
r
m
a
tion
a
bout
h
i
m.
W
e’
ll
g
e
t
him
b
y the
e
nd of
the
d
a
y
tomo
rr
ow,”
the
old
e
r
poli
c
e
m
a
n
s
a
id.