“I’m not ashamed that I love you. But I don’t know how to live with all these different pieces of me.” His shoulders rose, stiff and hanging by his ears. “I always thought football was just a tool, you know? I got my scholarship because I decided that was how I was going to get out of West Texas. I thought I’d just play football through college, then get on with my life. I thought, what was four years when I’d have the rest of my life to find someone special?”
