Alex was a security manager at Sun City in South Africa where a competition was being held to find the Sunshine Family of South Africa. Cilla Battersby-Brown had entered her "family" in an effort to win the $500,000 prize money and had forced daughter Fiz to pose as a nun doing charity work. Not entirely happy about this scenario, Fiz hit the casino in her habit and wimple and Alex came to her rescue when she was pestered by a Nuisance Gambler. When he saw her the next day in her normal dress, he was instantly attracted and the two began a holiday romance.