Peyton's Pleasure (82 page)

done
h
a
d
fr
i
g
ht
e
n
e
d
or
u
ps
e
t
h
er
.
S
om
e
thing
w
a
s
w
r
on
g
,
tho
u
g
h,
a
nd he
would
f
ind out wh
a
t it w
a
s b
ef
o
r
e
he
l
e
t
h
e
r
g
o
a
g
a
in.

R
y
k
e
r
r
e
l
a
x
e
d,
e
nj
o
y
i
n
g
h
a
ving h
e
r
in
his
ar
ms. Just
a
s
he
do
z
e
d o
ff
,
P
e
y
to
n
’
s
s
c
r
ea
m
st
a
r
tl
e
d
him
wide
a
w
a
k
e
.
S
he
f
o
u
g
ht
a
g
a
inst
him wh
e
n he
t
r
i
e
d to
c
a
lm h
e
r
down.

“
E
a
s
y
,
P
e
y
ton,
b
a
b
y
.
I
t
’
s
ok
a
y
.
You
’
r
e
s
a
fe
,”
he
k
e
pt
mu
r
mu
r
i
n
g to
h
e
r
ov
e
r
a
nd
o
v
er
,
his
fac
e
b
u
r
i
e
d
in
h
e
r
h
a
i
r
.
“
Nothing
’
s
g
oi
n
g to hu
r
t
y
ou. Yo
u
’r
e
s
afe
.
”

A
f
t
e
r
a
f
e
w
mo
r
e
min
u
t
e
s
she
b
e
g
a
n
to
re
l
a
x
a
g
a
inst
him
a
nd do
z
e
d
o
f
f
a
g
a
in.
This
time he didn
’
t
re
l
ea
s
e h
e
r
af
t
e
r
s
h
e
fe
ll
b
ack a
sl
ee
p.
He
c
ontinu
e
d
to
hold
h
e
r
c
lose
to
his
b
o
d
y
a
nd
p
r
a
y
e
d
she would
sl
ee
p
a
while
long
er
.
He
h
a
d
to
w
a
ke
h
e
r
up
e
v
e
r
y two
hou
r
s
a
n
y
w
a
y
.
This
would
c
ount
a
s
one of h
e
r two
-
hour w
a
k
e-
up
c
a
lls.
S
he n
ee
d
e
d the
sl
e
e
p. He
n
e
e
d
e
d to hold h
er
.

* * * *

Pe
y
ton wo
k
e
to t
h
e
f
ee
l
i
ng
o
f
b
e
ing w
a
r
m
a
nd
c
o
m
f
o
r
t
a
ble
d
e
spite a
h
ea
d
ac
h
e
a
nd
the
p
a
in
to
h
e
r
th
r
o
a
t.
T
e
nt
a
tiv
e
l
y she
op
e
n
e
d
he
e
y
es a
nd
si
g
h
e
d
in
re
li
e
f
.
S
he
w
a
s
in
h
e
r
own
b
e
d.
Ev
e
r
y
thi
n
g
w
a
s
ok
a
y
. Th
e
n
she
rea
li
z
e
d
som
e
one
w
a
s
w
ra
p
p
e
d
ar
ound
h
e
r
sl
ee
pi
n
g
n
ear
l
y on
top
of
h
er
.
S
he
shi
f
t
e
d
sli
g
ht
l
y
,
a
nd
R
y
k
e
r
imm
e
di
a
t
e
l
y li
f
t
e
d
his h
ea
d
fr
om w
h
er
e
h
e’
d
h
a
d it bu
r
i
e
d in h
e
r
h
a
i
r
.

“
H
e
y
, b
a
b
y
.
How
a
r
e
y
ou
fee
li
n
g
?
”

Pe
y
ton blink
e
d h
e
r
e
y
e
s
a
nd sw
a
llow
e
d.
H
e
r
th
r
o
a
t hu
r
t.
“
I
’
m ok
a
y
,
I
gu
e
ss,”
she
whisp
ere
d.

S
he
t
r
i
e
d to pull out of
his
ar
ms, but he
didn
’
t l
e
t h
e
r
g
o.
“
T
a
ke
it
e
a
s
y
. Move
sl
o
w. You
’r
e
b
r
uis
e
d
a
ll ov
e
r
,”
he
s
a
id.
“
I
n
ee
d to
g
e
t up—now.”

At
his
qu
e
stioning look,
she
l
e
t
out
a
sm
a
ll
b
r
e
a
th.
“
I
n
e
e
d
to
g
o
to the
b
a
th
r
oom.”