Nikita is a very beautiful woman; she has been a single parent for the last 15 years, ever since her husband John left the family home, after his affa...r with another woman. This happened when Alex was just a 1 year old. Nikita worked as a erotic dancer to make ends meet, she had been working as a dancer ever since Alex’s dad had left. But Nikita’s love life had suffered because of this, with working late and unsociable hours as well as looking after Alex. She hasn’t had a physical relationship. As he passed each row of cabinets, he slowed to look down both ways.Robert passed the Js, Ks and Ls. At the Ms, a flash of red caught his eye: Alyssa, in a red jumper. Her back was to him. She was seated in a swivel chair, plugged into an iPod that was resting on a trolley. He could just see the black of her glasses at the side of her head.“Alyssa,” Robert said. No response. He didn’t want to startle her. He coughed loudly to no effect. He walked towards the side of her, hoping she would see. Anyhow, Dean was my best client. He must've dropped, omigawd, $10,000 on my holes! Then I got knocked up and you narrowed who the father must be to Dean and some other dude."Things were beginning to slide into place in Kim's head. The other pasts, especially the disturbingly lonely one where she worked in some kind of office, began to fade from her mind.Encouraged by the improved look on Kim's face, Tracy continued. "So we convinced him it was his and told him he had to take responsibility for. " She reached down, grabbed a lantern he hadn't noticed before, and handed it to her guest.Don Mantegna walked out to the center of the clearing, lighting the lantern with one of the last sticks aglow with fire, then kicked dirt over the glowing mound of embers until all light was extinguished. When he turned to join Peri, she had reached her hand out inviting him to follow her. A moment of bewilderment at the impropriety of a refined Spanish gentleman being led through the forest in the middle.