The Art of Un-Making: A Star's Vicious Comeback

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before she left. "You were just being a goo

mile. "I can handle a little gossip. You just take care of y

with a text. It

dn' t wait a single day before making this

o is she?" Just a cold, business-like complaint

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as there, waiting for me. She looked perfect, as always, dre

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d. "You' re acting like a jilted lover,

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most volatile of

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Garth Brooks. It was the biggest opportunity of my c

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been in this very lobby. She' d jumped into my arms, laughing, her eyes sparkling with prid

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feeling strangely final. "You and me. P

ove with me. She had never been truly committed. It wa