Peyton's Pleasure (120 page)

F
or
lo
n
g
minut
e
s,
he
w
a
t
c
h
e
d
the
e
v
e
n
r
ise
a
nd
f
a
ll
of
h
e
r
c
h
e
st
a
s she
b
rea
th
e
d
in
a
nd
out
in
sl
ee
p.
As
long
a
s
he
w
a
t
c
h
e
d,
she
n
e
v
e
r

a
pp
ea
r
e
d
to
d
rea
m.
M
a
y
be
he
h
a
d
m
a
n
a
g
e
d
to
w
ea
r
h
e
r
out
too
mu
c
h to d
rea
m. Th
a
t tho
u
g
ht pl
ea
s
e
d him.

Now
a
ll
th
a
t
w
a
s
l
ef
t
t
o
do
w
a
s
s
e
e how
she
r
e
ac
t
e
d
in
the mo
r
ning
on
c
e
she
woke
up.
He
hop
e
d
she
wou
l
d
be
in
the
minds
e
t th
a
t
m
a
y
be
th
e
y
c
ould
h
a
ve
mo
r
e
th
a
n
just
the
s
e
x
b
e
tw
ee
n
th
e
m.
He h
a
d
shown
h
e
r
th
a
t
h
e
k
n
e
w
h
e
r
bo
d
y
a
nd
how
i
t
wo
r
k
e
d.
He
k
n
e
w h
e
r n
ee
ds
a
nd
m
e
t
th
e
m.
I
n
o
r
d
e
r to
p
r
ove
he
c
ould
m
ee
t
h
e
r
e
motion
a
l
n
ee
ds,
she
n
ee
d
e
d
to
g
ive
th
a
t
little in
c
h
to
l
e
t
h
i
m
in. Hop
ef
ul
l
y
now she
wou
l
d.

I
t
w
a
s
n
e
ar
l
y noon
b
ef
or
e
e
ith
e
r
of
t
h
e
m
r
ous
e
d
e
nou
g
h
to
g
e
t
out of
b
e
d
the
n
e
x
t
mo
r
ni
ng
.
S
om
e
wh
e
r
e
in
the
ear
l
y
mo
r
ni
n
g
hou
r
s,
R
y
k
e
r
h
a
d
n
e
e
d
e
d
h
e
r
a
g
a
in.
He
c
ould
n
’
t
h
e
lp
hims
e
l
f
.
Knowing she would
p
r
ob
a
b
l
y be
a
litt
l
e
so
re
,
h
e’
d
b
e
e
n
c
a
ref
ul,
but
he
c
ouldn
’
t
not
h
a
ve
h
er
.
S
he
h
a
d
m
o
r
e th
a
n
m
e
t
him
h
a
l
f
w
a
y
,
tho
u
g
h.
T
h
e
ir lov
e
m
a
king t
h
a
t
time
h
a
d
b
ee
n
just
th
a
t,
slow,
s
w
ee
t
lov
e
m
a
ki
n
g
.
He hop
e
d she
would
re
m
e
mb
e
r
th
a
t wh
e
n s
h
e
woke
u
p.

He
r
ub
b
e
d
both
h
a
nds
ov
e
r
his
f
a
c
e
w
h
e
n
she
f
lung
b
a
c
k
the
c
ov
er
s
a
nd
c
limb
e
d ov
e
r
him
a
nd out of
the
b
e
d.

“
You
c
ould h
a
v
e
g
one
a
r
ound,”
he
g
r
ous
e
d
g
oo
d-
n
a
tu
re
d
l
y
.

“
No
f
un,” s
h
e
a
r
g
u
e
d
a
s
she dis
a
pp
e
a
re
d
in
the
b
a
th
r
oom,
shutting the
door
b
e
hind h
er
.

“
How
a
bout
w
a
ff
l
e
s
f
or
b
rea
k
fa
st
?
”
he
c
a
ll
e
d
out
to
he
a
s
he

r
oll
e
d out of
b
e
d.

“
S
ounds
g
ood.”
H
e
r
mu
f
f
l
e
d
voi
c
e
c
ould
b
are
l
y
b
e
h
ear
d
th
r
o
u
gh
the
door
a
nd ov
e
r
the
f
l
u
sh of
the
toil
e
t.

R
y
k
e
r
w
a
it
e
d
f
or
h
e
r to
c
ome out
th
e
n
took
h
e
r pl
ac
e to
re
li
e
v
e hims
e
lf
a
nd
w
a
sh
his
f
a
c
e
.
S
he shook
h
e
r
h
ea
d
a
t
him
a
nd
c
los
e
d
the doo
r
.
He
r
e
a
l
l
y
w
a
sn
’
t
th
a
t
into
e
x
h
ibitioni
s
m,
but
it
g
ra
t
e
d
on
h
e
r n
er
v
e
s, so he
did it just to spite
h
er
.