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           Hehadgivenhisfirstwifeeverythingheownedwhenhedivorcedher.Hehadmadesurehistwodaughterswouldgetapieceofeverythinghemade,everyrecord,everymovie,everyclubdate.Andwhenhehadbeenrichandfamoushehadrefusedhisfirstwifenothing.Hehadhelpedoutallherbrothersandsisters,herfatherandmother,thegirlfriendsshehadgonetoschoolwithandtheirfamilies.Hehadneverbeenastuck-upcelebrity.Hehadsungattheweddingsofhiswife’stwoyoungersisters,somethinghehatedtodo.Hehadneverrefusedheranythingexceptthecompletesurrenderofhisownpersonality.

           Andthenwhenhehadtouchedbottom,whenhecouldnolongergetmoviework,whenhecouldnolongersing,whenhissecondwifehadbetrayedhim,hehadgonetospendafewdayswithGinnyandhisdaughters.Hehadmoreorlessflunghimselfonhermercyonenightbecausehefeltsolousy.Thatdayhehadheardoneofhisrecordingsandhehadsoundedsoterriblethatheaccusedthesongtechniciansofsabotagingtherecord.Untilfinallyhehadbecomeconvincedthatthatwaswhathisvoicereallysoundedlike.Hehadsmashedthemasterrecordandrefusedtosinganymore.HewassoashamedthathehadnotsunganoteexceptwithNinoatConnieCorleone’swedding.

           HehadneverforgottenthelookonGinny’sfacewhenshefoundoutaboutallhismisfortunes.Ithadpassedoverherfaceonlyforasecondbutthatwasenoughforhimnevertoforgetit.Itwasalookofsavageandjoyfulsatisfaction.