" I grin. “It’s just a party,” I assure her. “Nothin’ big.”
“There ain’t nothin’ that happens on this ranch that’s organized by your mama that ain’t big. That woman’s about as subtle as a shotgun.”
“A shotgun can be subtle if it ain’t bein’ fired,” I point out.
She narrows her eyes. I think she’s about to quip back with something super sassy, but then a smile wrinkles up her face. “You sayin’ I’m better off to keep the shotgun from firin’?”
“I’m sayin’ quit playin’ with the trigger, Grandma. "
― Daryl Banner , Football Sundae (Spruce Texas Romance, #1)