Nichole Haley


It all began with three friends...a band...and the hell of drug addiction. A demon that Jack Silver had almost been lost to, a demon I'd tried to help him fight. But it wasn't until the stubborness that Kira had brought to her marriage with him had helped the man find strength, love and friendship had helped him overcome it.

And in that triumph, Kira had called me and asked me to come back.

Thus "Fear No Evil" was born.

Forged in the fires of experience, we'd created some great music. Jack wrote the lyrics, I composed the songs, and Kira kept the beat. Together the three of us found a measure of success, gigs were becoming a steady thing, and we'd even had a fan base and a CD...we were going places. There had even been talk of a possible record contract...

But it was all lost in one shattering moment.
One drunk driver was all it took.
The flash of headlights as Kira and I had been loading our gear into the van after the gig.
The shape spotted too late, a choked cry, the scream of metal tearing, and she was gone.
Just like that, she was gone.
One drunk driver was all it took to tear Kira from us.
The heart of the band, the glue that held the three of us together...just gone...
And the bastard just walked away from it.

I woke up in the hospital a day later only to find out from a complete stranger what had happened. Jack was nowhere to be found. When I finally got out, he'd already been lost again. It was hard enough trying to deal with the funeral arrangements without him. But what broke the camel's back was when he'd finally shown up at Kira's funeral, wasted...after all that Kira had fought so hard for, all she did to get him clean...all of that pissed away.

I'd lost it that night, and we'd ended up screaming at each other. Words were said, ugly words.

And he left...
Dropped off the face of the earth.
Dead for all I know, eaten alive by the poison he'd poured back into his veins.

And now I'm alone.

It's been five months since that night...
Five grueling months
The guy who broke our lives is sitting in prison
And God forgive me but I hope he rots there

I couldn't stand it in that city any more
Too many memories...
Too many tears

So now I'm in New Orleans
Looking for a new beginning
A new life...

Look out N'awlins
Because Nic is in town
And I'm gonna rock your world...