" She placed her hands on her hips and stared hard enough to wipe his smile clean off his face. "You could have called me. Said something like" --she put on her best imitation-- "I ain't got no time to meet with you today, Doc. I gotta go birth a cow."
Reese's grin stretched wide. "You do that real good. Makes me like you more. "

― Pepper D. Basham , A Twist of Faith (Mitchell's Crossroads #1)