I am no fool and I do not roll with fools and so no one I rolled with thought Cleveland would actually win a championship before LeBron James, paired with two other All-Stars, would win a championship. Cleveland win an NBA title—with what? The shell of a team left behind by its once-savior? It wasn’t ever about that. It was about dreaming through the brutality of leaving, of being left. What I didn’t mention when we began this examination of the subtle nuances that come along with heartbreak is what is humming underneath this specific delusion: I need anyone who has ever hurt me to know that I
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