Chapter 22
The next few days flew by in a blur of meetings and preparations for the coming weeks. Rica was hoping that it would not take Vaga too long to show his head but she was preparing for the long haul if they needed to. Every thing would be choreographed down to the last detail. Rica’s men had the task of recon on every building that they would be in. Whether it was a TV station, radio station or shopping mall. Not that there was any shopping malls on Rica’s list. There had been on Simons but she had pulled it. Too many variables, too many places for Vaga to hide and too many innocents around for her liking. Towards the end of the week the Conservatorium had asked Tam if she would perform for their end of semester concert. Rica knew that if Vaga had not struck by then this would be the place.
Simon sent out press releases swamping the media with information about all of Il Divo and Tam’s appearances for the first week. He would do the same for the second week depending on what happened. If you lived in New York there was no way you would not know about Il Divo or Tam. The end of semester concert was being touted as the best yet considering that where Tam went so did Il Divo and they had graciously accepted to sing a few songs as well. The student body was buzzing and so was the Forum. All of a sudden Il Divo were active again. All be it without Urs who was still confined to hospital. Divas in every thread were trying to figure out ways to get tickets to their appearances. Some had been lucky enough to have friends or family at the conservatorium and managed to persuade them to get them tickets for the concert.
Rica had known that Il Divo fans would be arriving en mass at all their locations. Something she would have liked to avoid but she knew it was something she would have to work with. So she did, arranging for extra teams. Sony was going to end up with one hell of a bill for this little undertaking.
And it would be Sony. Simon had got them to accept Tam as part of their stable. She was going to be big once the word got out and they needed to be at the forefront to take advantage of it. Simon had discussed with Tam her signing with BMG but it was only with the encouragement of the men from Il Divo that she did. They had learnt a lot in the past three years and went over her contract with a fine tooth comb. It had gone back and forth a number of times until they were happy and only then did she sign it.

Tam spent a lot of the time at the hospital with Urs. He was doing much better and if the situation had been different most likely they would have let him go home at the end of the week. He had been determined that he was going with them to keep watch over Tam but Rica had made it very clear that he was to stay out of the way. So much so that if he did not volunteer to stay in the hospital she would make arrangement to have him restrained and handcuffed to his bed. So he volunteered rather reluctantly but he promised he would stay. Rica took advantage of the nurses who had been looking after him especially Tracie. Bringing them up to speed and enlisting their help to make sure that Urs did not try and leave. Tracie had promised that he would never get off the floor let alone out of the hospital until Rica gave the okay. Rica smiled as she thought about the fans. A few more members in her own teams with that much passion and dedication and she could retire. She knew that Urs would never escape. She had thought of pulling her men off guard duty at the hospital but had second thoughts. Her gut said no so she left them there.
Tam liked the time they spent together just the two of them. The morphine had an unusual effect on Urs. He seemed more laid back, more placid and definitely more amorous. Tam figured once it was all out of his system he would revert back to his old self. Not that there was anything wrong with that but at the moment he was showing his true colours, the real Urs that he guarded so well. That deepness that she already knew, the gentleness, the playfulness that he very rarely let out was running free. It was as if he had no fear, no reason to be trying to be better, to be prefect all the time. He was always striving, pushing himself. Whether it was for himself or for others to show he was worthy of their praise. If they could only see him now, relaxed, smiling. Even through the pain Urs was indeed the man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.