inally giving out. She slid down the cool tile wall until sh
ep for tears. It was a hollow, echo
burned in her mind. So
told herself,
, at the woman who had been so thoroughly, publicly dismantled. She
run. She wou
She sat down and listened to the final action it
y gave her a wide berth.
ce a mask of concern. "Celina,
her voice flat. "Just a
ession complicated, as if
ectly to Estella. "Ms. Woodward, perhaps we could
head-on. Hiding was
but quickly recovered. "
ed, but rem
sat across from Estella and her agent, a
dia schedules, interview talking points, and social media stra
udith leaned back, swirli
o much." She took a sip, her eyes sharp. "Then again, you do owe them quite
d poisonous. She was branding Celina as a charity case, someon
an attempt to erase her own merit, to define her as n
agent. "Judith, don't be rude." But ther
ed on her fork, her k
ke, was perfectly calm. She
rds clear and steady. "But that has nothing to do with my ability to sit here
er voice made Judith's s
e table. "If there's nothing e
hat about your marriage, Ms. Ferrell? You know very well that you have been nothing but a
her sleeve and pretended to h
d her fists. Then she spun around and ma
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