As usual, we also had two of the dogs along with us, fer no good reason, we just did.We were 'bout half way ta town when it happened. The dogs got rea... excited just as six men came boilin' out of the brush brandishin' big knives an' swords. Danny wuz a little bit quicker ta react than me, so he wuz the one ta shout fer the dogs ta attack. Well, they did. I don't think that them bandits figured on meetin' them dogs, but it wuz the last mistake they made.Danny an' I had our muskets loaded an'. "No Mistress!!" Charles responded in a tone suggesting discomfort and fear.Charles shook his head.Ivy smiled at him and then worked on the chains connecting the tray and his nipple rings. She then told him to stay out while she walked away with the tray. She came back to him by the tv and sofa 10 minutes later.Ivy was more or less drunk but her mind wasn't completely wasted. She could still think straight, but still feel a bit sick from all that drinking."Charles can you carry me to the. I awaited her arrival witheager anticipation.However, she took longer getting there than I'd expected she would.I wasn't really too surprised. She'd never thought anything aboutkeeping me waiting before. Of course, she didn't know I was waiting.At the same time, I'd always been considered somewhat impatient. Ihad never liked waiting around when there was something that neededbeing done. And to top it all off, if this damn inactivity wasn'talready more than enough to drive anyone mad, I'd. This might sound crazy, but I, I love you Gabe.”I was stunned by what he had said, but I was flattered. We only had known each other for about 2 days, but he was already in love with me. I did like him, a lot, but I really didn’t know if I loved him. But he just poured his heart out to me, and how could I say I didn’t love him?He must have known what the expression on my face meant, because he turned around and turned off the water quickly. “I’m sorry Gabe; I probably should have thought.