Mecedes was born and raised in Newark, NJ. In the neighborhood that she was raised, she was glorified by fast cash, so she became a stripper. The cash that she did have went to the bail money for her abusive boyfriend, Rashawn, who raped her cousin and her crack addicted parents. She later met a Irvington Cop, who was the man of her dreams, a white Italian name Mark. Mark helped her to become a cop. After she became a cop, she started to realize who were her real friends and who weren't. Rashawn gets out of jail and bombs Mark's car and Mercedes, the same woman who used to be afraid of him, retaliated against him for hurting her true love, Mark. After Rashawn's death, Mark and Mercedes gets married.