The two walked silently in the cold street for about an hour when the balding red haired man finally talked. "Vanessa, you have a history better than anyone else I know. It was a true love story."
"Well what is it?" Vanessa's blue eyes shined like diamonds as she stared up at Zidler.
"Have you ever heard of the Moulin Rouge?"
"Heard of it I have wanted to dance there all my life. I heard two men talking about a sparkling diamond that came down and mesmerized the men I want to meet her!"
"That sparkling diamond was your mother! She came to me at the age of twelve alone and lost in the streets. I took her in and gave her food and money. I heard her singing one day while hemming one of the dancer's dresses. Her voice was so intoxicating I knew she had to go on stage and be on of them!"
"I thought she was only 12."
"Yes but I had the dancers train her until she had fully developed her voice and her body. When she turned 18 it was time. She had done her first show the night of her 18 birthday and met a man. She fell madly in love with him and he fell in love with her. He came every night and the two always had the greatest time. One night she came to me and said she was leaving to get married. I didn't stop her she was in love. I didn't see her for one year."
"Well what happened?" Vanessa was into the story it sounded like a fairy tale to her.
"She returned with bruises and cuts on her body and a child in her arms. She was cold and I felt sorry for her so I brought her back in and let her heal. She told me she would still dance and that is when I had forbidden love for anyone of my girls. A couple weeks passed and a new man came his name was Christian and he and Satine fell in love but in secret. Satine died leaving Christian alone and penniless he left immediately after her death forgetting about you that is when Marie took you in and changed your name so he would never find you."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"He has returned to claim you!"
"Is he my real father?"
"No, the man with him is it is Christian's brother."
Vanessa didn't know what to say she had just been told something right out of a book she didn't believe any of it. Vanessa looked at Zidler and asked him one last thing, "What is my real name?"
"Christine Vanessa Montegue," ZIdler said slowly.
"I don't believe any of it!" Vanessa ran towards her home unaware of where to go. She was confused and alone plus it was raining and dark.