When Alecia "Joy" Middleson meets Minke, a young hustler from Brooklyn, he quickly becomes her world. He feels the same way about her-she is the woman he'll connect with, she is his better-half. By the age of eighteen, Alecia is married and has two children by Minke. Their life is like a fairytale, until Minke discovers that he's been deceived by his wife and leaves her and her children with only the clothes on their backs.Heartbroken and lonely,...