Peyton's Pleasure (79 page)

R
y
k
e
r
fr
ow
n
e
d
a
t
him,
t
h
e
n
tu
r
n
e
d
a
nd
w
a
lk
e
d
a
w
a
y
.
T
h
e nu
r
se tu
r
n
e
d
a
nd
look
e
d
a
t
P
e
y
ton
with
a
ra
is
e
d
e
y
e
b
r
ow.
Pe
y
ton
just sh
r
ugg
e
d.
S
he
didn
’
t
know
wh
a
t
w
a
s
g
oi
n
g on,
e
ith
er
.
The
l
a
st
sh
e’
d b
ee
n
a
w
a
re
,
s
h
e
h
a
d
pi
s
s
e
d
both
m
e
n
o
ff
.
S
o
s
he
w
a
s
su
r
p
r
is
e
d
to
e
v
e
n s
e
e
t
h
e
m th
er
e
in t
h
e
f
i
r
st pl
ace.

The nu
r
se slipp
e
d
out,
t
h
e
n
re
tu
r
n
e
d
with
a wh
ee
l
c
h
a
i
r
.
P
e
y
ton
s
a
t down
a
nd
r
o
d
e
out
o
f
t
he
e
m
e
r
g
e
n
c
y
r
oom
a
nd
th
r
ou
g
h
the
double doo
r
s
outsid
e
.
G
ra
d
y
st
o
od
b
e
side
his
t
r
u
c
k
w
a
it
i
ng
f
or
h
e
r
.
Th
er
e
w
a
s no
si
g
n
of
R
y
k
er
.
H
e
r
h
ear
t
s
a
nk,
but
she
i
g
no
r
e
d
it
a
nd
pl
a
st
e
r
e
d
a smile
on h
e
r
fa
c
e
f
or
G
r
a
d
y
.

“
Th
a
nks, G
r
a
d
y
.
I
r
ea
l
l
y
a
pp
rec
i
a
te
y
ou
’
r
e
t
a
ki
n
g me
hom
e
.”

“
No
p
r
obl
e
m.
Do
y
ou
n
ee
d
a
n
y
thi
n
g on
the
w
a
y
?
M
e
di
c
in
e
?
”
he
a
sk
e
d.

“
The
d
r
u
g
sto
re
s
are
n
’
t
op
e
n
y
e
t.
I
’
ll
g
e
t
it
l
a
t
e
r
tod
a
y
af
t
e
r
I
’
ve h
a
d a
n
a
p
.
”

“
You
’
r
e
su
re
?
The
W
a
l
g
r
ee
ns is op
e
n
a
cr
oss town
.
”

Pe
y
ton
shook
h
e
r
h
ea
d
no
th
e
n
r
e
g
r
e
tt
e
d
it.
S
he
rea
l
l
y w
a
nt
e
d
a show
e
r
a
nd
h
e
r
b
e
d.
H
e
r
h
ea
d
hu
r
t,
h
e
r th
r
o
a
t
h
u
r
t,
a
nd
s
h
e
w
a
s
still sh
a
k
y
insid
e
.
Nothi
n
g like
this
h
a
d
e
v
e
r
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d
to
h
e
r
b
ef
o
re
.
I
t
h
a
d s
care
d t
h
e
h
e
ll out of
h
er
.