Lindeen thought it might just be a passing “rock star” fling, but it soon became something more, despite her reservations. “I’m falling in love with you,” she told Westerberg, “but, you know, you have a terrible reputation. . . . I can’t set myself up like this.” Westerberg pointed to his sobriety. “I am living proof that people can change,” he said. “I’ve changed.” “I surrendered,” wrote Lindeen. “This might be . . . where I make a deal with the devil, but who cares—there are thousands of girls out there who would love to have such a dilemma.” Their relationship—marked by myriad joys and
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