His fingers tapped on Marley's waist. "To this day, it's the only sport I play, and it's been my outlet for so long, my passion. Violet is the root of that. I just wanted to be everything she wanted. I would've done anything to keep her with me, because I was a desperate, lonely, angry kid starved for love. And she was the only light in so much darkness. I-I don't know if I would've been who I was if it wasn't for her, this player who wanted to fight everything that moved and drink himself stupid, hooking up with girls as often as he could and forgetting all their names. Violet's was the only one I wanted to feel was worth remembering. And I wanted to feel that so badly because I was holding on to this angelic version of her, because I put blinders on and chose to only see the good things
