Mother of slain football player reflects on a life cut short [Video]

With her youngest child gone forever following a fatal Sunday night shooting in Centretown, Lordy Exantus finds herself second-guessing the things she did or did not do during her son’s unexpectedly brief life.

Quentin Dorsainvil, 17, was a promising football player born in Ottawa who dreamed of playing in the NFL and transferred earlier this year to a high school in Miami in the hopes of securing a scholarship for college ball. 

Known as “Q” to his friends and family, Dorsainvil had a healthy appetite for food and life, according to Exantus. Before his recent Sept. 6 birthday, they talked about getting him a cake, but he wound up going …