– I can’t picture you eating pralines.
– You can’t? One eyebrow rose.
– Yeah, I picture you eating raw vegetables, lots of fat-trimmed steak, and beets.
– Beets? She nodded.
– Isn’t that what people eat when they’re in a permanent state of constipation?
His eyes widened and his mouth went lax.
– Did you just suggest I was constipated?