Peyton's Pleasure (14 page)

“
S
in
c
e
c
oll
e
g
e
.
H
e’
s
a
l
w
a
y
s t
rea
t
e
d his d
a
t
e
s
w
e
ll.
I
’
ve
n
e
v
er
h
ear
d
a
n
y
thing
n
e
g
a
tive
a
bout
him.
I
like
him.
I
r
ea
l
l
y don
’
t
think
y
ou h
a
ve
a
n
y
thi
n
g
to wo
r
r
y
a
bout.”

“
Ok
a
y
, th
a
nks,
G
ra
d
y
.”

He
shook his h
ea
d
a
nd
s
mil
e
d, t
a
king
a
noth
e
r
pull on the
b
eer
.
“
W
h
a
t
ar
e
y
ou up to tod
a
y
?
”

“
G
r
o
c
e
r
y
shoppi
n
g
a
nd
a
lo
a
d
or
two
o
f
l
a
und
r
y
.
Th
e
n
I
’
m
g
oi
n
g

to sl
ee
p.
I
’
m
e
x
h
a
ust
e
d
a
nd still h
a
ve
to wo
r
k tomo
rr
ow,”
s
h
e
s
a
id.
“
W
h
a
t
ar
e
y
ou w
o
r
kin
g
?
”

“
El
e
v
e
n to six
a
g
a
in
.
”

“
I
’
m
su
r
e
I
’
ll
s
e
e
y
ou
f
o
r
lun
c
h.”
He
f
inish
e
d
the
b
ee
r
a
nd
toss
e
d it in h
e
r
g
a
r
b
a
ge
ca
n.

G
ra
d
y
w
a
s
a
l
a
w
y
e
r
a
nd
h
a
d
his
o
ff
i
c
e
d
o
wn
the
st
ree
t
fr
om
the

din
e
r
wh
er
e
P
e
y
ton
wo
r
k
e
d.
S
he
s
a
w
him
n
ear
l
y
e
v
e
r
y Mon
d
a
y
a
nd most
w
ee
k
e
nds
a
t
the
b
ar
.
S
he
w
a
sn
’
t
su
r
e
h
o
w
or
w
h
y
t
h
e
y
w
er
e su
c
h
g
ood
f
r
i
e
nds,
c
onsid
er
ing
his
st
a
tus
in
H
a
mpton
C
ree
k,
T
e
x
a
s, but th
e
y
w
ere
.

A
f
t
e
r
G
r
a
d
y l
ef
t,
she
f
i
nish
e
d
m
a
king
out
h
e
r
g
r
o
ce
r
y list
a
nd
g
e
are
d
up
f
or
a
bu
s
y
e
v
e
nin
g
.
S
he
w
a
nt
e
d
to
be
in
b
e
d
b
y o
n
e
a
t
the l
a
t
e
st.
S
he
would
f
inish
l
a
und
r
y
a
nd
do
t
h
e
hous
e
k
ee
pi
n
g on
h
e
r
two d
a
y
s
o
ff
.
O
c
ca
sion
a
l
l
y
s
he
would
w
o
r
k
e
x
t
r
a
a
t
e
ith
e
r
the
din
e
r
or
t
h
e b
a
r
wh
e
n
a
sk
e
d,
but
she
pl
a
nn
e
d
to
s
a
y no
if
a
s
k
e
d
this
w
ee
k.
S
he n
ee
d
e
d some
“
m
e
”
time
t
his w
ee
k.

B
y
e
l
e
v
e
n
thi
r
t
y
,
P
e
y
ton
w
a
s
rea
d
y
f
or
h
e
r
b
a
th
a
nd
a
ni
c
e
ni
g
ht
’
s sl
ee
p.
S
he
r
a
n
the
tub
f
ull
with
some
of
h
e
r
f
a
vo
r
ite
l
a
v
e
n
d
e
r
b
a
th s
a
lts.
The
f
o
a
m
y w
a
t
e
r
b
ec
kon
e
d
to
h
er
.
W
h
e
n
she
st
e
pp
e
d
in,
she si
g
h
e
d
in
bliss
a
t
the sh
e
e
r d
e
ca
d
e
n
c
e
of sp
e
ndi
n
g
a
n
hour
or so
in
t
h
e tub
so
a
kin
g
.
The
w
a
r
m,
s
a
l
t
y
w
a
t
e
r
lu
re
d
h
e
r
in
t
o
a
h
a
z
y
d
r
e
a
mlike st
a
te
a
nd im
a
g
e
s of
R
y
k
e
r
soon
f
ill
e
d h
e
r
h
e
a
d.