Peyton's Pleasure (72 page)

S
he
n
ee
d
e
d
to
f
a
c
e
it
a
n
d
d
ea
l
with
it
now.
S
he
n
ee
d
e
d
to
b
e
a
ble to
c
on
ce
nt
r
a
te
a
t
w
o
r
k.
You
c
ouldn
’
t
wo
r
k
in
a
b
ar
,
or
a din
e
r
f
or th
a
t m
a
tt
er
,
if
y
o
u
’r
e
h
ea
d
w
a
sn
’
t
in
the job.
Du
r
ing
the n
e
x
t
fe
w w
ee
ks, she
didn
’
t
s
e
e
e
ith
e
r
G
r
a
d
y
or
R
y
k
er
.
Th
e
y
didn
’
t
show
up
a
t
the
b
a
r or
the
din
er
.
Th
e
y w
e
re
n
’
t
fre
qu
e
nti
n
g
th
e
ir
f
a
vo
r
ite
pl
ace
s
b
e
c
a
use
of h
er
.
S
h
e’
d
s
cr
e
w
e
d
up
a
ll
ar
ound,
a
nd
she
c
ouldn
’
t
s
e
e how
to
f
ix
a
n
y of
it.
M
a
y
be
t
h
er
e
w
a
s
n
o
f
i
x
ing it.
M
a
y
be
she
s
hould
just
move
a
nd s
a
ve
th
e
m
a
ll the
p
a
in of
living
in the
s
a
me
town.

The n
i
g
hts
b
e
c
a
me
m
u
c
h
c
ool
e
r
a
s
S
e
pt
e
m
b
e
r
tu
r
n
e
d
into O
c
tob
er
.
S
a
tu
r
d
a
y n
i
g
ht
p
r
ov
e
d
to
b
e
a
bu
r
d
e
n
s
h
e
would
mu
c
h
ra
t
h
e
r h
a
ve not
h
a
d
to
d
e
a
l
wi
t
h.
I
t
s
ee
m
e
d
like
e
v
e
r
y
o
n
e’
s
t
e
mp
e
r
s
w
e
r
e on
e
dg
e
.
S
e
v
e
ra
l
mild
dis
a
g
r
ee
m
e
nts
b
r
o
k
e out
b
u
t
w
er
e s
u
cce
ss
f
ul
l
y h
a
ndl
e
d b
ef
o
r
e
blows h
a
d b
ee
n
e
x
c
h
a
n
g
e
d.

A
r
ound
e
l
e
v
e
n,
a
g
r
oup
of
g
u
y
s
w
a
l
k
e
d
in
a
nd
took
ov
e
r
a t
a
b
l
e n
ea
r
the
b
a
c
k.
Un
f
o
r
tun
a
t
e
l
y
,
P
e
y
ton
e
nd
e
d
up
w
a
iting on
th
e
m.
Th
e
y t
ea
s
e
d
h
e
r
a
nd m
a
n
h
a
n
dl
e
d h
e
r
a
s m
u
c
h
a
s
she
l
e
t th
e
m
without
ca
using
a
noth
e
r
f
i
g
ht.
N
o
r
m
a
l
l
y
,
s
h
e
didn
’
t
t
a
ke
a
n
y
thi
n
g
o
f
f
of
the m
e
n
t
r
y
i
n
g
to
f
ee
l
h
e
r
u
p
,
but
with
the
w
a
y thi
n
g
s
h
a
d
b
ee
n
a
ll
n
i
g
ht, she
w
a
s t
r
y
i
n
g
to be
c
a
utious.

W
h
e
n
she
b
r
ou
g
ht
a
s
e
c
ond
r
ound
of
d
r
inks
b
ac
k
to
th
e
m,
one of the
m
e
n,
p
r
ob
a
b
l
y
the
l
ea
d
er
,
k
e
pt
t
r
y
i
n
g
to
pull
h
e
r
down
onto
his l
a
p.
S
he
st
ar
t
e
d
out
ni
c
e
but
soon
mov
e
d
to
f
i
r
m
wh
e
n
he
didn
’
t
t
a
ke no
f
or
a
n
a
nsw
e
r
.
Nothing
s
ee
m
e
d
to
be
m
a
king
a
di
ffere
n
c
e
to
him, so
wh
e
n
he
f
in
a
l
l
y
g
ot
h
is
h
a
nds
on
h
e
r
b
r
e
a
sts
a
f
t
e
r
dumpi
n
g
h
e
r
in his
l
a
p,
she
re
s
o
r
t
e
d
t
o
g
ood
old
-
f
a
shion
e
d
f
e
m
a
le out
r
a
g
e
.
S
he s
crea
m
e
d
a
t him to l
e
t
g
o
a
nd sl
a
pp
e
d him.