“I will die if we don’t,” I said, although, if I’m being honest with you now: I didn’t expect to hear from him again. I figured meeting Lyle Lovett was a once-in-a-lifetime gift, and I was as grateful for it as I could be. I relaxed into the lack of expectations. It was ephemera, a sunset, a shooting star; I could marvel at its beauty and be content to watch it go by. Drop the pearl back into the ocean and it will disappear beneath the water. The universe will reclaim what’s not yours. I had become very used to losing people by that point, and I had no intention of getting attached to anybody
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