- [first lines]
- Maggie Flynn: Gettin' close to home?
- Melissa Hendrix: Yep. Right square back in my own country. The relay station's right up ahead. We'll stop to water the team there.
- Maggie Flynn: Won't you miss Kansas City?
- Melissa Hendrix: Have you ever had a toothache?
- Maggie Flynn: Why, yes.
- Melissa Hendrix: Did you miss it when it was gone?
- Melissa Hendrix: They had me cooped up in school. Anyway, I had to get home to keep an eye on my ranch... and my fiancé.
- Maggie Flynn: Fiancé?
- Melissa Hendrix: Yup. Johnny Mack.
- Maggie Flynn: Aren't you just a little young to be engaged?
- Melissa Hendrix: Oh, no. We've been promised for some time.
- Maggie Flynn: When did he propose?
- Melissa Hendrix: He didn't. I told him about it when I was eleven.