Robbie is right. His family does know him. It’s not hard to work out why. It’s because he’s the same at home as he is when he’s with me, when he’s on the ice with our teammates, when he’s talking to fans and people he doesn’t know. He’s the same everywhere. All the time. There’s no masking. There’s only one authentic version of him. Knowing that makes it hard not to touch him because I feel the same way about him here with his family as I do when we’re alone. The longer the meal goes on, the harder it becomes. He’s sitting beside me, so close I could kiss him if I leaned over a little. For the
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