"I hope that this will help some," she replied, gesturing to her gift. "And if there's anything I can do to assist, please don't hesitate to ask." Amberle would drop just about anything to help him, in part because she knew it would have to be an emergency for him to ask her, and in part because she appreciated all he did at work and it would be nice to take their friendship outside of simply co-workers.
"Do you think you'll be getting her a puppy? Her heart seems quite set on it." And would therefore be very disappointed if she didn't get it. Amberle wasn't sure she'd be able to say no to a child of her own unless there were very good reasons not to. She didn't think so, but she also knew she wouldn't be finding out about that anytime soon. She was hardly ready to be in a relationship, never mind having children.