About six hundred of them had packed into the hall to see what was billed as our last ever concert, at least it was the last until after the trial of ...ur bass guitarist and we knew how long he'd get.He'd go down, that much was certain, but we'd seen him go down thousands of times, usually on some little groupie after a show in our dressing room!The trouble is though, we'd thrown a pretty wild party in our hotel suite after a particularly successful gig and the police kicked the doors in just as. Yes, I’m a Somali woman with a Haitian boyfriend. This Somali dude with his Arab girlfriend really shouldn’t talk. He can’t fault me for dating someone from outside our community, not when he’s guilty of the same thing himself. He nudged his buddy, who looked up, saw me with Steve, and muttered something in Somali. Both guys shook their heads, then went back to laughing and talking with their dates or female friends or whatever. Steve Salomon looked at me, a worried look in his soulful dark. . Kuchh der baar to woh maan gayi.. Lekin ab hamen kis karne ke liye mauka aur jagah nahi mil rahi thi aur aakhirakaar ek din woh mauka hamen mil gaya. Woh apni kuchh saheliyon ke saath ek room par rahtithi.. Kyonki unka room bohat bada tha aur uski saheli bhi idhar udhar naukari karti thi.Ek din usne apni tabiyat theek nahi hone ka naatak kiya aur ghar par hi ruk gai aur baaki ki sabhi saheliyaan apni apni naukari par chali gayi aur ab woh akeli hi room par thi. To usnetheek mauka dekhkar. I don’t want to give the wrong impression to Grace, she’s very entitled to be able to go out and see her friends. Grace continues to have a social life comparable to anyone her age, of which her cell phone records and bills will attest. She still dates but I believe she’s dialed it down over time. The sounds of footsteps in the house, the sounds of dropping keys, cell phone and bag on the kitchen counter followed by footsteps down the hall towards my room. Many years ago those might have been.