It still helps to know that someone cares enough to offer, that someone here might actually want her friendship as well as her counseling. Or maybe instead of. So Deanna manages a tight-lipped smile of gratitude.
"Thank you. I appreciate that." She really does and she hopes Martha can understand that. "Perhaps another day, when you aren't on the other end of a leash."
Not that the puppy is anything bad, but it's not exactly a good time for a heart-to-heart out here with a dog. Maybe another day.