I hope I haven't been had...

So I paid in advance for all the editing, which was supposed to be completed on August 19th, 2009. Here we are on August 31st, and still no completed manuscript. I am trying really hard not to jump to any conclusions, but I am getting really worried that I've been scammed. There's nothing I can do about it now, other than to have faith in human kind. If I do get the manuscript back, the next step is to read the whole thing which should take some time. In the meantime I've been visualizing myself at book signings as though it's a done deal and I'm published. Positive thinking can't hurt, and it's exciting to dream big!