Chris’s and Eric’s heads popped up like little Siamese cats ready to see the show. They must have thought, Now she is gonna get it. “Oh, Mama,” Beyoncé said. “Mama?” Chris and Eric both said at the same time. “You’re her mother?” asked Eric. “Why didn’t you say something?” The guys started laughing, not at me, but at themselves. They confessed they had been freezing me out. “Our friend was supposed to do the hair and they canceled them,” said Chris. “They said that the director’s girlfriend was gonna do the hair.” I laughed. “Darren is about fifteen years younger than me,” I said. “You think
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