The reality of our situation crashes down on me like tons—literal tons—being heaped on my shoulders. The reality of our situation is that we tried to meet in the middle and failed. The reality of our situation is that she deserves more than a man who prioritized hockey over everything else in his life. Funny how, when it comes to hockey, I’m the force no one wants to reckon with, but with my own wife, I broke the second she looked at me from across the table at our favorite restaurant and said, “We need to talk.” Fact is, I’m that pathetic sack of shit who let Holly slip through my fingers.
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