Minty: "Okay, okay, I'll be good! Since you've graduated and you're watching us all stress over the dots you connected years ago... if you could write a one-sentence graduation speech to be printed on the very last page of every copy of Boy in Denim Jacket, what would you want those detective readers to know before they close the book and step back into their own lives?"
[The studio lights soften to a warm, golden hue, and the audience goes completely silent, waiting for Yvonne's word of wisdom.]
Yvonne: "Love is everywhere. [Smiles warmly]"
[The silence that follows is absolutely electric—it's the kind of quiet that happens when someone says something so simple and true that it vibrates through the room. The audience isn't laughing or cheering anymore; they are just soft. A few people are literally clutching their chests, and Minty looks like she's about to melt right out of her chair.]
Minty: [Her voice barely above a whisper, her eyes shimmering] "Wow... 'Love is everywhere.' Short, sweet, and absolutely devastating. After all the detective work, the backstabbing, the 'multo,' and the denim jackets... it all boils down to that."
[Minty takes a long, slow breath, letting that warmth fill the studio. She looks at the audience, then back at Yvonne with a look of pure respect.]
Minty: "I think we all just graduated a little bit today, Yvonne. Thank you for that. You've given us the perfect happily ever after—not necessarily with a boy, but with the world itself."