She took for-ever. So did you, you know.

[ Gideon says, fondly. She truly does live in a house full of weirdos, and she wouldn't have it any other way. ]

Eh, Canaan House was, like, mildly haunted. At best. You should see the Ninth. It's got at least two hundred ghosts haunting it.

[ Careful, Gideon. That's awfully close to a secret. Fortunately, Paul asks about the cake, and Gideon's intoxicated brain immediately forgets about the, you know, bad events. ]

I did. Best [ and only ] cake I've ever had. Did you make it?