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Which is worse: to love your mother fiercely only to lose her? Or never have a mother at all? Obie & Princess never debated this: being motherless binds them together. Obie's a former street child & junkie's son; Princess was raised on Park Avenue. When "Cess" is 3 Obie's her babysitter; at 13 he's her best friend and confidant. At 18, Cess dreams of being an R&B Diva and Obie, whose "Rags-to-Riches" transformation into a music video superstar captured America's attention, knows how to make that dream come true. Inevitably they fall head-over-heels in love, yet Cess isn't satisfied being one of Obie's groupies. Social-class differences, color complexes and being stalked by an ex strain the budding relationship until one night the ex shows up uninvited and Cess disappears with him. But when Obie's abandonment issues crash head first into Cess's need for emotional distance the fireworks really begin. Then the question becomes: Can a motherless child ever truly open his or her heart enough to love someone else?