He will pay you a good enough salary so you can do it nicely--" Johnny laughed impatiently.

"Let your dad jump up my wages to a point where he can pay himself back, you mean," he retorted.

"Oh--h, no, Mary V.

You can't kid me out of this, so why keep on arguing?
You don't seem to take me seriously.

You seem to think this is just a whim of mine.