The old sugar maple features strongly in Stuart's life. He'd first met Harry here, while he was completing a college project. Many years later, Stuart scattered Harry's ashes under the tree. For six years he's been alone, and doesn't expect to find anyone else. Then he meets Tom. But Tom is twenty years his junior, and Stuart can't take that in his stride.

Their age difference is irrelevant to Tom. He knows Stuart is it for him, the one man who can give him everything he didn't know he needed, and he can offer the same to Stuart. All he has to do is convince Stuart to give them a chance. Once again Old Man Maple is witness to life-changing decisions.