At 18, he rented her an apartment nearby.
She called up her husband to let him know what was happening before she left to go have the check-up that had already been scheduled for the day.
Garcia writes that she began sobbing, telling Prince: 'Tell her I'm sick.
That same year she also inspires Prince's latest album, whose title was an unpronounceable symbol that later became known as Love Symbol.
There was 15 years between them, but a strange friendship began.
This allowed Garcia to dance professionally, and she quickly became the focus of Prince's 1992 Diamonds and Pearls Tour.