Peyton's Pleasure (84 page)

“
You still
c
ol
d
?
I
’
ll
g
o t
u
r
n up the
h
ea
t,”
R
y
k
e
r
o
f
fere
d.

“
No,
I
’
m
f
i
n
e
.
I
’
ll
g
e
t
t
o
o hot
if
y
ou tu
r
n it
up.
B
e
sid
e
s,
I
’
m
g
oi
n
g to
g
e
t
up in a
f
e
w minut
e
s
a
n
y
w
a
y
.
I
n
ee
d to t
a
k
e
m
y
a
ntibioti
c
, whi
ch
m
ea
ns
I
n
e
e
d
to
g
o
g
e
t
it
a
nd
f
ix
som
e
thing to
ea
t
with
it.
C
a
n
’
t
t
a
ke
it on
a
n
e
mp
t
y
stom
a
c
h”

“
I
’
ll
f
ix
y
ou
som
e
thi
n
g
t
o
ea
t
wh
e
n
y
ou
g
e
t
r
ea
d
y to
g
e
t
up
,
”
he o
ffe
r
e
d.

Pe
y
ton
nodd
e
d
but
didn
’
t
s
a
y
a
n
y
thi
n
g
.
S
he
st
r
uggl
e
d
to
f
i
g
u
r
e
out w
h
y he
w
a
s
th
er
e
a
nd
w
h
a
t
it
a
ll
m
e
a
nt.
H
e
h
a
d
n
’
t
spok
e
n
to
h
e
r
on
c
e in
the
w
ee
ks
sin
c
e t
h
e i
n
c
id
e
nt
with
G
ra
d
y
.
Now
he
w
a
s
th
e
r
e holdi
n
g h
e
r
a
nd
t
e
lling
h
e
r
he
w
o
uldn
’
t
l
e
t
a
n
y
thi
n
g h
a
pp
e
n
to
h
er
.
Th
e
n
th
e
r
e w
a
s
the
big
g
e
st
qu
e
stion
of
a
ll.
How
did
she
re
a
l
l
y
f
ee
l
a
bout
hi
m
? How
mu
c
h
w
a
s
she
wil
l
ing to
g
ive
up
to
be
wi
t
h
hi
m
?
Did
he
e
v
e
n w
a
nt
h
e
r
now?
M
a
y
b
e
this
w
a
s
a
ll
just
blowing smoke
a
nd
he
on
l
y
care
d
w
h
a
t
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d
to
h
er
,
but
didn
’
t
s
till
w
a
nt
h
e
r
the
w
a
y she s
e
ns
e
d
he
might
h
a
ve
b
e
f
o
re
.
The
q
u
e
stions
k
e
pt
c
i
rc
ling in
h
e
r
h
e
a
d until
h
e
r
h
e
a
d
ac
h
e
f
in
a
lly
d
r
ove
h
e
r
to
g
e
t
up
a
nd
s
e
e
a
bout
g
e
tti
n
g h
e
r
m
e
di
ca
tions.

R
y
k
e
r
g
ot
up
wh
e
n
she
did
a
nd
d
r
e
ss
e
d
b
ef
o
r
e
s
he h
a
d
on
mo
r
e th
a
n
h
e
r
und
er
w
ear
.
I
t
took
h
e
r
a little lon
g
e
r
to
d
re
ss
due to
h
e
r
sti
f
f
a
nd so
r
e
mus
c
l
e
s.

“
I
’
ll
g
o
g
e
t
y
our m
e
di
c
a
tions
f
ill
e
d.
You
ca
n
re
st
f
or a little lon
g
e
r
af
t
e
r
y
ou
f
inish
g
e
tti
n
g d
re
ss
e
d.
I won
’
t
be
lon
g
,”
he
p
r
omis
e
d,
a
s
he pull
e
d on his boots.

“
I
ca
n
g
o.
You don
’
t h
a
v
e
to do it.”

“
No.
You
n
ee
d
to
re
st,
a
nd
I
’
m
su
r
e
d
r
iving will
be
too
mu
c
h
on
y
o
ur
h
ea
d
r
i
g
ht
now,
I
’
m
afra
id
.
” He
w
a
lk
e
d
ov
e
r
to
wh
er
e she stood holding
a
shi
r
t in h
e
r
h
a
n
ds.

He
pull
e
d
h
e
r
into
his
a
r
ms
a
nd
g
e
nt
l
y h
u
g
g
e
d
h
e
r
.
Th
e
n
he
kiss
e
d h
e
r
li
g
ht
l
y on
the
lips
a
nd
l
ef
t
to
s
e
e
a
bout
h
e
r
m
e
di
ca
tions.
Pe
y
ton
f
inish
e
d
d
re
ssi
n
g
th
e
n
sp
ra
wl
e
d
on
the
little
love
s
ea
t
in
t
h
e
livi
n
g
are
a
of h
e
r
a
p
a
r
tm
e
nt.
S
he must
h
a
ve do
z
e
d
a
g
a
in
b
eca
use t
h
e n
e
x
t thing she
kn
e
w,
R
y
k
e
r
w
a
s
b
e
nt
ov
e
r
h
e
r
,
h
a
ndi
n
g
h
e
r
a
g
l
a
ss
of
w
a
t
er a
nd two pills to sw
a
llow.

“
H
e
r
e
y
ou
g
o.
One
a
ntibiotic
a
nd
one
p
a
in
pill.
Y
ou
ca
n
h
a
ve
two of
the
p
a
in pills if
y
ou n
e
e
d to,”
he
o
f
fe
r
e
d.