Hello." She chuckled, as a cream colored horse came to snatch up her fruit. "That was my breakfast, but that's okay." Jamie said, and reached out to s...e if the horse would let her touch it. As she ran her hand gently across the horse's head, Jamie smiled. "I'm surprised. She normally doesn't let anyone she doesn't know touch her." She heard, and jumped again."I'm so sorry! I thought you knew I was here." Jamie heard, and looked at the toned, blonde young man standing just a few feet away from. I simply could not resist trying to help the merchant. I shrugged off my toga and head covering and rushed to the aid of the merchant.Neither thug noticed my approach from behind them, so I got in the first lick free. I kicked the nearer thug in the side of the knee and smashed it without him ever knowing that I had come up. The falling thug announced my presence to his companion. That thug turned on me with his long knife, nearly a short sword, and I had to react fast to save myself.That small. ’ ‘Jesus Christ, Talbot!’ I exploded. ‘Why do you do this to me? You know I don’t like you. You’re not my boyfriend! Why can’t you just leave me alone?’ He looked very hurt and I was instantly sorry. I wasn’t about to tell him that. ‘That’s something I’ve never been able to figure out, Livy,’ he said. ‘Why don’t you like me? You’re as sweet as an angel. You love everyone. You’re even nice to me and I bug you all the time. Why don’t you like me?’ ‘For one thing, you insist on calling me Livy and. I want readers to understand that none of us considered any of this other than normal behaviour because all of us had seen each other many times in the past in these states of undress. Being good friends for more than twenty years, camping with each other, having overnight visits, sharing Christmases, New Year parties, etc, - for us it was just normal.Rob almost started nodding off as soon as he took his pain meds and Jack was already under the covers in the far side of the other bed. I turned.