Riley always wondered why she found his music, or better yet why his music found her. It all became very clear to her that year. His music was just the tip of the iceberg.

"If it's easy, it ain't love." _________________________________________ "What the fu-?" My mother yelled at the sight before us. Ronald stood in the middle of the opened double doors, in a hole riddled bloody wife beater. His pants had been torn at the knee and he'd just threw down the bonsai plant that sat in the middle of the entry way. I pulled my jacket to cover my chest, from the painfully frigid air that blew through the door. "Ronald!" My mother yelled repeatedly, carefully easing her way over to him. I was right behind her... _________________________________________ It wasn't her expectation to fall for one of her cousin's friends. At Andre's house Licia met an anomaly of a person. Things happened unexpectedly for the both of them. He was trying to get a career started and she was trying to figure things out. There was no way she could've known that one of her cousin's weird band mates would become such an integral part of her life... He was a quiet kid, just about to graduate from high school. His parents didn't want him so he was forced to live with friends. Talent was his only way out but it wasn't easy... Nothing Comes Easy. Pronounced: (LEE°CEE°A) Cast Tamala Jones as Licia Hall Prince R. Nelson as himself Andre Anderson as Andre Anderson/Cymone ∞6/7/1958---4/21/2016∞ I started writing this a couple of days after Prince shockingly passed away. It's been deeply therapeutic for me and hopefully it is for you to. 2016 ©Britt808