He clears his throat.
“I’m going to be honest,” he starts. “This took me a really long time to write.”
A giggle escapes me before I can stop it.
“I am, genuinely, a person of very few words.” He adds, earning laughter from the guests. “But I have a few things I want to say.”
He takes a deep breath.
“I will never let you miss a meal. That’s the first one and I mean it in every possible way. I mean I will learn every menu, in every city, in every country you film in, and I will have something waiting for you when you wrap no matter what time it is.”
My throat is tightening.
“I will show up,” he continues. “I will be the person in your corner who never needs you to explain yourself, who already knows, who already chose you before you even finished the sentence.” He pauses. “I have be
