“I love you,” I blurted. “I—” “No. Please, let me talk. Everything around me is crashing and burning. I have to wait till the smoke clears to see what’s left, but to be honest…I don’t really care. Yeah, I’ll be sad if my football career is over, but it’s gonna end someday anyway. And I’m trying to come to grips with the idea that my family life as I knew it is over. I can’t change myself to make my parents happy. This is who I am. And I think I’m gonna be okay. But I’ll be a million times better with you.”
