“Follow your heart,” he repeats. “Make a big fool of yourself. Listen, I’m gonna tell you a story, Kent. I once broke the rule, chased the heart of a sweet guy here on a quick weekend trip. And yeah, sure, in the end, I was left brokenhearted, if just by the circumstance that he had to go home and not something he did to me. But you know what? That was the most beautiful summer I have ever had in my life, and every time I think of it, I’m in love again. What better parting gift is there to leave than that? No one can take that away from me.
