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They had rocketed to the top. Millions in sales. Catapulted from nobodies to superstardom. Everyone seemed to clamor for their presence on shows and for interviews.
Seemed to. Daniel frowned as he read a local gossip column…
…the parvenu Australian singer Darren Hayes was quite vocal upon being escorted out of an invitation only party for fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier…
His frown deepened as he remembered a time when he had been enough for Darren. Until his head had been turned by the words of people who claimed to know best, but didn’t.
He blinked his eyes, refusing to cry.
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parvenu \ PAR-vuh-noo; -nyoo \, noun:
One that has recently or suddenly risen to a higher social or
economic class but has not gained social acceptance of others
in that class; an upstart.
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