Peyton's Pleasure (94 page)

He
a
lmost
s
a
id
a
ll
is
f
a
ir
in
love
a
nd
w
a
r
but
sto
p
p
e
d
hims
e
lf
just in tim
e
.

“
I
thou
g
ht
it
w
a
s
v
e
r
y
fa
i
r
.
W
e
both
g
ot
wh
a
t
we
w
a
nt
e
d
,
”
he

re
mind
e
d h
er
.

“
W
h
a
t
did
y
ou
g
e
t
out
o
f
i
t
?
I don
’
t
re
m
e
m
b
e
r
y
ou
c
omin
g
,”
s
h
e s
a
id.

Pe
y
ton
r
oll
e
d
ov
e
r
to
fac
e
him.
H
e
r
e
y
e
s
w
e
r
e
still
l
a
z
y
fr
om sl
ee
p.

“
I
’
ll
c
ome
l
a
t
er
.
I
t
w
a
s
a
ll
a
bout
y
ou,
P
e
y
ton.
I
w
a
nt
e
d
to
m
a
ke
y
o
u
f
ee
l
g
ood. Th
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t
y
ou
w
a
nt out of
this, isn
’
t i
t
?
”
he
a
sk
e
d.

“
Uh,
y
ea
h. T
h
a
t
’
s w
h
a
t
I
w
a
nt.”
S
he
r
oll
e
d onto h
e
r
b
ac
k.

R
y
k
e
r
c
ould
a
lmost
h
e
a
r
the
w
h
ee
ls
tu
r
ni
n
g in
h
e
r
h
e
a
d
a
s
she thou
g
ht
thin
g
s
ov
er
.
W
h
e
n
she si
g
h
e
d,
he kn
e
w
he h
a
d
won
the
f
i
r
st
r
ound.
S
he
w
a
s
thinki
n
g
a
bout
th
e
ir
re
l
a
tionship.
I
t
w
a
s
a
g
ood
s
i
g
n. He
r
oll
e
d ov
e
r
on top of
h
er
.

“
How
a
bout
a
show
er
.
I
’
d
r
un
y
ou
a
b
a
th,
but
I
t
hink
y
ou
would
fa
ll
a
sl
ee
p
a
nd d
r
own,”
h
e
mus
e
d.

“
I think
y
ou
’
r
e
r
i
g
ht.
I
’
m
ti
re
d
a
nd
v
e
r
y
r
e
l
a
x
e
d.
I
’
d
be
a
s
l
ee
p
in
f
ive
minut
e
s
f
l
a
t.”

“
C
ome
on
th
e
n.”
He
s
a
t
up
on
the
e
d
g
e
of
the
b
e
d
a
nd
reac
h
e
d

b
ac
k, holding
out his h
a
n
d.

S
he
h
e
sit
a
t
e
d
f
or
a
b
r
i
e
f
s
ec
ond
th
e
n
l
a
t
c
h
e
d
hold
a
nd
l
e
t
him pull h
e
r ov
e
r to
the side
o
f t
h
e b
e
d.
H
e smil
e
d
a
nd
ki
s
s
e
d
h
er
,
just
a
qui
c
k sm
ac
k
b
ef
o
r
e
s
t
a
nding
up
a
nd
d
r
a
g
g
i
n
g h
e
r
a
l
ong
with
him
to
the b
a
th
r
oom.
Thi
n
g
s
w
er
e
looking up.
W
e
ll,
his
di
c
k
w
a
s
looking
up,
a
n
y
w
a
y.