His lady assistant, Mary, entered the room. The doctor removed his reading glasses and turned to greet her.
“Good afternoon, Mary, whadaya have for me today?”
Mary smiled.
“It’s your new client, sir. They initially scheduled for saturday at five, but apparently something got in the way…”
“Right..” the doctor replied, biting his lip. Oh dear, another new client…

Mary’s eyes wandered toward his desk, spotting the newspaper.
“Unless you’re busy at the moment…”
He pondered his chance to evade his new client and spend the rest of the day on his peaceful crossword, but decided against it.
“Go ahead and send ‘em in, I’m free today.”
Mary nodded and smiled, understanding his ‘inner conflict’.
“Yes sir, he’ll be right up.”
She exited, closing the door softly behind her.

Hmm, a male.. should be better than the typical female, they’re too dramatic…
He shook his head and prepared himself, shoving the newspaper in the desk droor.