“She’s in love with you,” I said. He cleared his throat nervously. “I know.” “That’s why she agreed to the meeting, isn’t it?” I looked at him. “That’s how you got her to show up?” He nodded, just once. “This is just a clusterfuck. I suppose it would be wrong of me to suggest you offer to play Seven Minutes in Heaven with her so that she might give us the egg?” He looked at me askance. “You want me to offer to make out with her so she’ll save your House?” I smiled a little. “Yeah, could you?”
