"Carl breathed deep, inhaling her intoxicating perfume, any doubtsfading away and he headed out to find the good doctor.A little later, Carl pulled in...front of a non-descript office building.He gave his name to the immaculately coiffed receptionist and sat downin the empty waiting room until called. The receptionist smacked hergum, her legs crossed loosely under the transparent glass desk. Carlcouldn't help looking up the forbidden valley at what the pastel silkrevealed. Something didn't seem. We were met by 2 more trackers, neither had jump experience. It was decided that after our jump the new trackers Rafe and Carbo who were Dakota Sioux. Little Bear was Chippewa, would leave the plane and go over land and insure the kidnappers did not double back. They kidded with Little Bear, although it was clear there was respect, they said, “ Hey Little Bear you dumb Indian gonna jump out of a good plane.”Little Bear responded. “They told me it was the only way to get away from crazy Sioux.. You can tell they still aren’t completely thrilled—like they’d prefer it if Olivia was straight. But they at least treat her and me with respect and they don’t push their beliefs on us.”Olivia said, “They know better now; they know I’m not going to put up with it.”Cherry offered, “I’ll bet they’ll completely forget about it when you have a baby! Babies have that power over grandparents!”The conversation turned back to the prospect of children and it seemed like they were simultaneously trying. It was for the best, and Alex made the best of his twelve square feet of space each night. Better to be alone, he thought, than to share a bed with a stranger, and that was what she had become to him. He felt no resentment. He felt nothing.Complicated. Separated but sharing the same roof. Transitioning in his career, he barely could pay the rent for one roof, let alone move out and pay for two. Now he was an entrepreneur as well as being a father, as well as being a son to a widowed elderly.