Nikki had never heard of Casablanca until the movie came out with Humphrey Bogart. She never dreamed that at the age of 22 she would be living there, much less involved in an intrigue. She felt very insecure at that time when her husband, Roger, left her alone in Marrekech and the Pasha tried to get her.

She had been raised very strictly by her aunt and uncle and was very naive when she married him at age 18. Now she was seeing the world. She never dreamed that she would fall in love with Roger's best friend. How was this going to wind up? She didn't know what to do.

She never dreamed that she would be living the life she was living and though she loved it, she also longed for the security of the days when she was young. Also, she missed her only sibling, her sister who was still in San Antonio. They had always been so close and had talked things over and now it was not really possible.