Peyton's Pleasure (42 page)

M
a
ssive
ar
mi
e
s
of
g
i
a
nt
moths
div
e-
bomb
e
d
h
e
r insid
e
s,
a
nd
h
er a
n
x
i
e
t
y l
e
v
e
l
shot
up
a
n
ot
c
h
with
e
a
c
h
minut
e
,
d
ra
wi
n
g
h
e
r
c
los
e
r
to si
x
-
thi
r
t
y
.
This
w
a
sn
’
t
like h
er
.
S
he w
a
s
a
lw
a
y
s
in
c
ont
r
ol
a
nd
n
e
v
e
r n
er
vous.
M
a
y
be
s
h
e
sh
o
uld
just
ca
ll
the
whole
thing o
ff
.
F
or
t
h
e
thi
r
d tim
e
,
Pe
y
ton
re
a
c
h
e
d
f
o
r
h
e
r
phone
to
ca
ll
R
y
k
e
r
a
nd
c
a
n
ce
l.
And on
c
e
a
g
a
in,
just
b
ef
o
r
e
she
hit
“
s
e
nd”
she
c
h
a
ng
e
d
h
e
r
mind
a
nd shov
e
d the
phone
b
a
c
k into h
e
r
pu
r
s
e
.

I
t
w
a
s
just
s
e
x
.
W
h
y
w
a
s
she
so
n
er
vous
a
nd
ji
t
t
er
y
a
bout
i
t
?
T
r
ust w
a
sn
’
t
the
r
e
a
l
issu
e
,
th
o
u
g
h
s
h
e
did
h
a
ve
a
bit
of
h
ea
lt
h
y
fe
a
r
of
the unknown
wh
e
n
it
c
a
me
to
R
y
k
e
r
.
No,
w
h
a
t
h
a
d
h
e
r so
on
e
d
ge
ce
nt
e
r
e
d
ar
ound
h
e
r
a
n
d
how
she
fe
lt
a
bout
him—th
e
m.
He h
ad
domin
a
t
e
d
h
e
r
thou
g
hts
f
or
the
l
a
st
s
e
v
e
ra
l
d
a
y
s,
m
a
king it
di
f
f
i
c
ult
to do h
e
r
job, som
e
thing
s
h
e’
d n
e
v
e
r
h
a
d t
r
ouble
with b
ef
o
re
.

H
e
r p
e
r
son
a
l
li
f
e
h
a
d
n
e
v
e
r
cr
os
s
e
d
h
e
r
p
r
o
f
e
ssion
a
l
li
f
e b
ef
o
re
.
S
he
didn
’
t
like
th
a
t
it
w
a
s
doing th
a
t
now.
I
t
m
ea
nt
she
w
a
s
losi
n
g
f
o
c
us,
a
nd wh
e
n th
a
t
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d, mist
a
k
e
s h
a
pp
e
n
e
d, h
e
a
r
ts
g
ot involv
e
d,
a
nd
th
a
t
w
a
s
a
st
r
i
c
t
no
-
no
in
h
e
r
book.
S
om
e
thing h
a
d
to
be don
e
.
Un
f
o
r
tun
a
t
e
l
y
,
t
h
e
one
thing th
a
t
would
solve
the
p
r
obl
e
m would
be to
b
ac
k
o
f
f
a
n
d
not
s
e
e
R
y
k
e
r
a
n
y
mo
r
e
,
but
she
c
ouldn
’
t m
a
ke
h
er
s
e
lf
do
th
a
t
y
e
t.
H
e
r
s
e
x
u
a
l
side
w
a
s
st
u
bbo
r
n
wh
e
n
it
ca
me to pl
ea
su
re
,
a
nd
R
y
k
e
r
w
a
s
a
ll
a
bout pl
ea
su
r
e
.

Fr
ust
ra
t
e
d
with
a
r
g
ui
n
g
with
h
er
s
e
lf
f
or t
h
e l
a
st
hou
r
,
Pe
y
ton
g
r
a
bb
e
d
h
e
r pu
r
se
a
n
d
ov
er
ni
g
ht
b
a
g
.
S
he t
o
ss
e
d
th
e
m
into
the p
a
ss
e
n
g
e
r
s
ea
t
a
nd
lo
c
k
e
d
up
h
e
r
a
p
a
r
tm
e
nt
b
e
f
o
r
e
h
ea
di
n
g o
v
e
r
to
R
y
k
e
r
’
s
pl
a
c
e
.
His
di
r
e
c
tions
took
h
e
r to
a
side
of town
sh
e
’
d
n
e
v
e
r b
ee
n
in
b
ef
o
re
.
The
ho
u
s
e
s
h
er
e
w
e
r
e
l
a
r
g
e
a
nd
sp
ace
d
fa
r
e
no
u
g
h