Peyton's Pleasure (18 page)

“
B
u
s
y
n
i
g
ht.”
H
e
m
a
de
it
a
st
a
t
e
m
e
nt.

“
Y
e
p.
S
t
ar
t
e
d out th
a
t
w
a
y
a
nd
h
a
sn
’
t li
g
h
t
e
n
e
d up
sin
ce
.”

“
I
’
ll
r
i
d
e
a
r
ound
af
t
e
r
y
o
u
g
e
t
o
f
f
a
nd
pi
c
k
y
ou
u
p
a
t
y
our
pl
a
c
e
,”

he
s
a
id.

“
How do
y
ou know w
h
e
r
e
I
liv
e
?
”
she
a
sk
e
d, b
r
o
ws
f
u
rr
o
w
e
d.
“
G
ra
d
y
told m
e
.”

S
he
l
a
u
g
h
e
d
a
nd
shook
h
e
r
h
ea
d.
“
S
o
mu
c
h
f
or
b
e
ing
fr
i
e
nds
if
h
e

t
e
lls just
a
n
y
one
w
h
er
e
I
liv
e
.”

“
I
’
m
not
just
a
n
y
on
e
.
I’
m
the
m
a
n
who
’
s
g
o
i
ng
to
m
a
k
e
y
ou s
crea
m in pl
e
a
su
r
e
a
ll mo
r
nin
g
.”

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“
You
ca
n st
a
y
with me
if
y
ou
w
a
nt.
I
’
ve
g
ot to w
o
r
k tomo
rr
ow.”
“
Th
a
t
will
wo
r
k—this
tim
e
.
N
e
x
t
time
y
ou
’
r
e
c
oming
to
m
y

pl
ace
,”
h
e
s
a
id.

“
W
e’
ll h
a
ve
to s
e
e
if
t
h
e
r
e
will be
a
n
e
x
t tim
e
,”
she
s
a
id.
“
Oh, th
er
e
will b
e
. And a
time
af
t
e
r
th
a
t, too.”
H
e
g
r
inn
e
d.

S
he
st
ar
t
e
d
to
s
a
y som
e
t
hing
wh
e
n
som
e
one
c
a
u
g
ht
h
e
r
a
tt
e
ntion, w
a
nting
a
noth
e
r
b
e
er
.
S
he nodd
e
d
th
e
n
l
ea
n
e
d
in
to
whisp
e
r
in
R
y
k
e
r
’
s
e
a
r
.

“
I
t
a
ll
d
e
p
e
nds
on
just
h
o
w mu
c
h
y
ou
m
a
ke me s
c
rea
m.”
S
he g
a
ve him a
qui
c
k kiss on the
lips
a
nd hu
rr
i
e
d o
f
f
to
g
a
t
h
e
r
d
r
ink o
r
d
e
r
s.

The
re
st
of
the
ni
g
ht
w
e
nt
b
y
in
a
bu
s
y
blu
r
.
S
he
m
a
n
a
g
e
d
to
g
e
t out
of
the
b
a
r
b
y
a
qu
ar
t
e
r
of
two
d
e
spite
how
b
u
s
y th
e
y h
a
d
b
e
e
n.
I
t w
a
s
no
su
r
p
r
ise
to
s
e
e
the
moto
r
c
y
c
le
in
the
p
ar
ki
n
g lot
of
h
e
r
a
p
ar
tm
e
nt
building with
R
y
k
e
r
l
e
a
ning
a
g
a
inst
it,
w
a
iting
f
or
h
e
r
.
S
he pull
e
d into h
e
r
spot
a
nd
c
limb
e
d out of
the
car
.

“
You b
ee
n
w
a
iting
lo
n
g
?
”
she
a
sk
e
d.

“
J
ust
a
fe
w
minut
e
s.
G
a
ug
e
d
it
b
y l
a
st
w
ee
k
e
nd.
You
’r
e
a
c
tu
a
l
l
y a little
ear
l
y
.
”
He
f
ollo
w
e
d
h
e
r
to h
e
r
a
p
ar
tm
e
nt.

S
he
unlo
c
k
e
d
the
do
o
r
a
nd
w
a
lk
e
d
insid
e
.
S
he
d
r
opp
e
d
h
e
r
k
e
y
s

on
the
t
a
ble
b
y
the
d
o
or
a
nd
tu
r
n
e
d
to
invite
him
in.
S
he
w
as
imm
e
di
a
t
e
l
y
a
s
s
a
ult
e
d.