. >> fontayne, yolanda ross played by the brilliant yolanda ross, she and i are best friends, and we are younger coming from two different backgrounds. she is very gregarious, outspoken, sexy, and i think my character is a little bit more theysh and quiet, and yet, were very close friends, and as andy said, they could go for sisters. their lives separated drastically, and i think that is what is wonderful about john's writing. he really gives a story that you do not get to see artistically, so one of the issues he is dealing with is incarceration. what is it for a black woman to fall on hard times, perhaps drug addiction, perhaps getting involved in things that are illegal, and then be in the system and get out of the system fontayne, and that is what happens to fontayne. she is a parolee. of the system, and that is what happens to fontayne. so their lives needed just by chance. bernice'ss parolee. gets out, ande her prologue is there ends up being her old friend. >> yes, and my character asks fontayne for a favor, knowing full well that she will be breaking the law as a parole offic