I could imagine what those reasons were. Not only a baby who didn’t recognize him as her father (and the frustration that must have caused), but a wife who didn’t recognize him as the man she once loved, and who was the father of her two children.
Surely it was right at that moment that his life began to spiral downward.
“Go on,” Hans said, now with his arms crossed.
“I only approached him to talk one afternoon. He was a guy more or less my age, with a couple of scars on his face; long blond hair, light eyes, and somewhat pale skin. He reeked of cat, but until he chose to show it to me, I couldn’t know what kind of cat he was. I didn’t ask either.” Alexander continued, and looked at Luke again, as if gauging his reaction. “He was very surprised to see me, of course, but he didn’t seem a
