"That won't be necessary," Andromeda insisted, when Bill suggested that he take the day off. This was her daughter after all. There wasn't a single thing at work that she wouldn't put off to be there for her own kin.
"I appreciate your help," she said to Bill. "But Dora is my flesh and blood. There is nothing in the world that comes before her, in my eyes. I will take the rest of the day off to be sure she is healthy, comfortable, and undisturbed." She stressed the last word, but that was the healer in her talking, over the mother.