Bayan da suka rabu, Alison ya koma tare da mahaifinta, yayin da sauran 'ya'ya biyu, Mariah da ɗan'uwansa Morgan, suka kasance tare da mahaifiyarsu. Christopher Carey ya fara girma daga mahaifinta, kuma daga baya ya daina ganinsa gaba ɗaya. A lokacin da yake da shekaru hudu, Carey ya tuna cewa ta fara ɓoye rediyo a ƙarƙashin murfinta da dare, kuma kawai ta yi waƙa kuma ta yi ƙoƙari ta sami zaman lafiya a cikin kiɗa. A lokacin makarantar firamare, ta yi fice a cikin batutuwa da ta ji daɗi, kamar kiɗa, zane-zane, da wallafe-wallafe, amma ba ta sami sha'awa a cikin wasu ba. Bayan shekaru da yawa na gwagwarmayar kuɗi, Patricia ta sami isasshen kuɗi don motsa iyalinta zuwa wani yanki mai karko da wadata a New York.
Brenda K. Starr