"I am not at all worried about the competition if that's what they call dessert," he says with a hint of smugness, because he isn't proud of many things, but he's proud of that restaurant. He had very little to do with the dessert bar anyway, and he gets a slight pang in his chest when he thinks of Bitty.

"But I'll probably have a slice," he admits as he slides into a chair and opens one of the containers of ribs so he can load up his plate.