Damn Love

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Jasmine Beach-Ferrara. Damn Love

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He was calling from a bar in Reno, he explained, saying that he’d thought about me the whole game. In the background, I could hear music and a woman calling his name and laughing loudly. We talked for a few minutes, but mostly it was him rehashing the highlights with forced enthusiasm. Across the room, I could see Theismann being interviewed, sweat pouring down his face, a sparkling white SuperBowl Champions cap sitting jauntily on his head. I passed the phone back to my mother and ran back into the living room, sliding into position on the couch.

The next time I saw Roger was Christmas Eve of 1990, when he arrived in a taxi and rang our doorbell like a stranger. It took a second to recognize him. His black hair had turned gray, like my mother’s, and it was well cut. For the first time, I noticed that his left ear stuck out. There were other changes: twenty pounds and a two-inch scar under his right eye. He wore a gray wool overcoat and lined black leather gloves. He carried a caramel-colored leather duffel and a slim silver briefcase.

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