Peyton's Pleasure (88 page)
“
This
w
a
s
tu
r
n
e
d
ov
e
r
b
y
y
our
b
e
d
so
I tho
u
ght
y
ou
mi
g
ht
be
rea
di
n
g
it.”
S
he
fe
lt
t
ear
s
sting
the
b
ac
k
of
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
o
n
c
e
a
g
a
in.
He
w
a
s
b
e
i
n
g
so
ni
c
e
to
h
er
.
S
he
su
r
e
a
s
h
e
ll
didn
’
t
d
e
s
er
ve
it
af
t
e
r
wh
a
t
she
h
a
d don
e
.
How
he
c
ould
f
o
r
g
e
t
a
bout
it
w
a
s
b
e
y
ond
h
er
.
I
f
she
h
a
d
ca
u
g
ht
him
kissing
a
noth
e
r
w
o
m
a
n
his
a
ss
would
be
h
a
mbu
r
g
e
r
m
e
a
t
wh
en
she
g
ot
t
h
r
o
u
g
h
with
him.
And
th
a
t
thou
g
ht
st
o
pp
e
d
h
er
.
T
h
e
y didn
’
t h
a
ve
a
n
e
x
c
lusive
ar
r
a
n
g
e
m
e
nt.
Th
e
y
w
ere
n
’
t
e
v
e
n
d
a
ting
eac
h
oth
er
. Y
e
t
h
e
r
e she
w
a
s
j
e
a
lous
a
t
the id
e
a of
a
noth
e
r
w
om
a
n
tou
c
hing
him.
S
he
ca
r
e
d.
Now
th
a
t
s
h
e
rea
li
z
e
d
it,
wh
a
t
w
a
s
s
h
e
g
oi
n
g
to
do
a
bout i
t?
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en
R
y
k
e
r
insist
e
d
on
t
a
ki
n
g
h
e
r
to
his
hous
e
,
wh
e
r
e
he p
r
omis
e
d
s
h
e would
be
mo
r
e
c
om
f
o
r
t
a
ble
in
his
b
ig b
e
d.
S
he
r
e
sist
e
d
a
t
f
i
r
st,
but he
f
in
a
l
l
y
t
a
lk
e
d
h
e
r
into
it.
S
he
g
a
th
e
r
e
d
up
h
e
r
thi
n
g
s
a
nd
th
r
e
w
a
book in
with
h
e
r
c
loth
e
s.
H
e
t
ook
the b
a
g
fr
om
h
e
r
a
n
d
ca
r
r
i
e
d
it
out
to
t
h
e
car
,
t
h
e
n
c
a
me
b
a
c
k
a
nd
h
e
lp
e
d
h
e
r
.
S
he
r
e
sist
e
d
t
e
lling him
she
c
ould w
a
lk
on
h
e
r
own
sin
c
e
he
w
a
s
b
e
ing so
c
a
ref
ul
n
ot
to
ups
e
t
h
er
.
The
e
nti
r
e
mo
r
ni
n
g h
a
d
b
ee
n
too
mu
c
h
f
or
h
er
.
M
a
y
be
a
c
h
a
n
ge
in
s
ce
n
e
r
y would wo
r
k to h
e
lp h
e
r
r
e
l
a
x
.
Pe
y
ton
s
e
ttl
e
d
on
his
lov
e
s
ea
t
a
nd
t
r
i
e
d
to
lose
h
e
r
s
e
lf in
the book, but
it
w
a
sn
’
t
holding h
e
r
int
ere
st.
F
i
n
a
l
l
y
,
s
h
e
put
it
down
a
nd w
a
t
c
h
e
d
R
y
k
e
r
out
of
the
c
o
r
n
e
r
o
f
h
e
r
e
y
e
.
H
e
w
a
s
rea
di
n
g the
p
a
p
er
. Th
er
e
w
e
r
e
lin
e
s
a
t
his
e
y
e
s
a
nd
mouth
tod
a
y
.
H
a
d
th
e
y b
e
e
n
th
er
e b
ef
o
re
?
S
he
didn
’
t
re
m
e
mb
e
r
s
ee
i
n
g th
e
m.
S
udd
e
n
l
y
h
e
look
e
d
up
a
nd
ca
u
g
ht h
e
r
st
a
r
ing
a
t him. He
smil
e
d.