" I wasn't going to have dessert, but it was right there, all gooey and sweet. It's like sex. I mean, when it's right there, what are you supposed to do? I wasn't going to have that either--sex--with my parents bunking in the office, but, well, it was right there." " I'll tolerate the gooey and sweet, Peabody, but I'm not thinking about you having sex with McNab, especially in the same sentence as 'my parents.'" " I think they had sex, too." Eve struggled not to wince or twitch. " Do you want me to kick you down four flights of steps and make you walk up again?" " I'd probably bounce all the way down, too, with all this gooey and sweet in my butt. So I guess not." " Good choice. "