Sitting on the sofa in Urs’ apartment, Lea had her suspicions that Tams tears were for other reasons.
“You’re too tough to be crying about Vaga, Tam what is it?”
Tam took a deep breathe. “It’s all my fault. The rocks, Urs is in hospital because of me. He could have died Lea. He could have died and it would have been my fault!!! I want to go back home.” Tam got up and began to pace the room and Lea got up after her. She got hold of Tam by the arms and looked right into her eyes determine that she was going to get through to her. “Tam. Look at me. This is not your fault. Don’t ever think that. Urs is in hospital because of Vaga not because of you.”
Tam went to say something but Lea stopped her. “Let me finish. Going back to your island, Vaga wins Tam, he wins. We can’t let that happen. If you want to help Urs we need to bury him so far down a black hole he’ll never see the light of day.”
“But he shot him. He could shoot the others as well.”
“If that is what he had wanted he would have shot David outside the bakery. We need to fix this Tam. For Urs, for you. I’ll be damned if I’m going to let some jumped up moron spoil your life. I’ll break his neck if I have to.”
After a while Lea got Tam settled into bed and she fell asleep emotionally drained. Lea went back to Carlos’. The room went silent when she came in but David was upon her like a flash. “Is she okay Lea?”
The others all waited for her response. “She thinks it’s all her fault. Urs being in the hospital. She’s devastated that you could all have been hurt because of her and she wants to go back to the island.”
David was halfway out the door with Sebastien and Carlos behind him before Lea stopped him. “Miller. It’s okay. We talked. She’s sleeping.” Her next statement was addressed to Rica. “We need to fix this.”
“Damn straight we do Hendo. These fellas of yours seem to be ready to take on anything for that little lady.”
Carlos spoke up. “No one hurts our angel, she is a gift from heaven…:”He didn’t finish. The tears in his eyes said the rest.
Sebastien wanted to say something but he was too choked up.
David however was fuming. “I’ll kill him with my own two hands if I have to. He can’t do this to her.”
Rica went over to him and in an unusually soft voice for her said. “Sweet thing, leave that to me hun. That’s what we get paid for.”
David looked into her eyes. The softness in her voice betrayed the steel cold of her eyes. David knew that very moment that Rica had indeed killed before. It sent a shiver through him. He looked over to Lea who was now comforting Sebastien wondering if she too had been a part of such things. Later that evening he would talk to Sebastien and find out just what their navy nurse was made of.

“Okay I want ya’ll in Simons’ office in the morning by ten am.” Rica walked over to Lea. “You up to putting your badge back on for a while?”
All Lea did was nod and Rica and her boys left.
Carlos and David just gazed after her but Sebastien wonder what she had meant, he didn’t want to think about it but his heart told him he already knew what it meant.