She glanced at him, giving him a look that said he should know exactly why she was thinking the way that she was. "You just flew to Missouri to get me, having to leave work and miss a day of it. I didn't want to cause you to lose anymore time at work because I know that you hate it." She ignored his actual question and finished the drink in her cup, almost choking on it as she started coughing again. The medicine had either stopped working or the coughing was worse than she'd thought.