As September 8 approaches, it will mark ten years since the tragedy that shook the football world and left Jessica Versteeg in lifelong regret. Versteeg and Sash, both kids from Oskaloosa, Iowa, had what many saw as the perfect relationship—funny, stylish, magnetic. But beneath that picture, Sash was quietly fighting constant pain. His years at the University of Iowa and later with the New York Giants left him with a torn shoulder and repeated concussions. Those injuries became the shadows he couldn’t escape.

Later, in moments of desperation, Sash turned to Versteeg for relief. He asked if he could use m——–a to cope with his pain, but she refused, a decision she now admits she regrets every day. That choice, and the heartbreaking days before his accidental overdose in 2015, changed th

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