'The player's jacket.'
(need to add more to fill word minimum, ignore this!)
The first line "<span>For the first time in decades, Baby Boomers have been outnumbered by another group--the Millennials."</span>
I think the correct answer to your question is:
~D. He is the main character of the story and elicits sympathy.
~She tells him a fake story about her aunt's husband and two brothers, which worsens Frampton's nervous condition to the point of sending him off running out of the house.
