That’s it, two hours ... Good night to you all!”Running towards us was Phyllis, the birthday girl’s Mom, asking, “Can you please go on for ano...her hour?”“Our contract was for two hours, Ms. Jefferson. We could go on at $300 per hour, but we need to be paid for our contract first?”“So, this is all about money, young man?” she was quick to remark with her hands on her hips.“No, Ma’am! This is business and I have nine people to pay. Your husband works for a paycheck, so you can hire people to play. ”Summer offered some assurance and concern. “Don’t worry, it’s ok… maybe you should check on Trev?”“He’ll be ok. I’ll find him at the car. He gets like that sometimes. But yes, I should go to him now.” With that, Maddie got up and slowly made her way to the front of Summer’s condo. She made it obvious that she wasn't in any sort of a rush, she took her time to gather herself, very casually chatted with Summer as she put on her coat and boots. It was at least 10 minutes before she finally. Joe was my first real boyfriend so that was different but me and Cory never really had anything more than a fling. As for Jake, that was good for a while and the thing with Harry was so much fun.”“So you had the most connection with Ed, but are you currently dating anyone?”“No, I’m single and free at the moment. I’ve had a few flings over the past few months but nothing that’s been really serious.”“Is it true that you write most of your songs about your exes?”“Some of them, indeed, but not all. Became very tense and dangerous. Mosques started being burned and vandalized on a regular basis while gunmen started entering Islamic places of worship and going on shooting sprees. Brian and I were living in Chicago where I felt relatively safe. When I found myself in areas outside of a major city, it was a different feel altogether. Even though I didn’t wear a hijab in the U.S., ‘towel head’ and ‘rag head’ were phrases I started hearing regularly in reference to me, often ending by telling me.