The rest of the week was much the same. Going from one interview to the next. TV, then radio then back to TV and then a whole afternoon spent in the offices of Sony so they could be interviewed by an assortment of magazines and print media.
There had never been a repeat of the first day. Rica had seen to that. She made allowances and accepted the fact that Il Divo would need to be seen by their fans. The two fans that had been caught in the middle of the security breech had posted their reports on the forum. They were a warning to others not to try and attempt anything even close. The security guys were very real, and very good at their job. They also reported that they had a fantastic time at the TV Studio posting pictures they had taken of them all. They were only sorry that Urs was not with them and mentioned that the other Divos felt the same.
The closer they got to the end of the week the more convinced Rica was that Vaga would strike at the conservatorium. She went back over the plan again and again making sure they had not missed anything.
Tam and the guys had been real troopers through it all making a difficult job just that little bit easier. Lea had found it a little harder to slip back into her old ways but to her credit she had not let the side down. But this afternoon’s concert would be the test. If he did not surface there, they would have to go through it all again next week.
Tam and Il Divo had a few hours off before they had to be at the conservatorium so they headed to Tony’s cafe for a quick bite to eat before going to the hospital to see Urs.
Tony was happy to see them and knew that Suzzie would be upset that she had missed them. It was her day off. He gave them their meals on the house and sent them off with something for Urs as well.
What no one knew was that Vaga had seen them come out of the café. HIS café, how dare they. He had not been back since Tony had changed the menu. That was not going to make him very happy at all. By the time he had finished arguing with Tony about the changes and why his name had never appeared on the menu after all he was a star. It had taken threats by Tony of calling the police before he would leave.

Urs was happy to see his friends. He looked even better today than he had the day before. The doctors had told him his recover was quicker because he was very fit and healthy. He was still itching to get out of the hospital and was sorry he was going to miss the concert tonight. He made them promise to get on a radio and tell him all about it since the hospital would not let him have a mobile phone. The hospital admin had just about had apoplexy when they found the radio but Nurse Tracie had sorted that out.
The three Divos and Tam spent a few good happy hours with Urs before they had to leave.
Tam kissed Urs and he held on as hard as he could without hurting himself. “I’ll be here when you are done.” He wiped a stray tear from her face and their foreheads connected. “Everything will work out you’ll see.”
His room seemed too quiet after they had gone.
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The concert hall of the conservatorium was buzzing with expectation. Tam and Il Divo were scheduled to end the night at about 6.30pm giving the students a chance to shine. They were all amazed at the calibre of the performances the students had given. It was indeed a spectacular night filled with all the different genre of music. Even Urs would have been pleased. Nightwish was performed by a group of students that could have given them a run for their money. David had gotten on the radio to tell him about halfway through their performance and got himself a slap up the side of the head by Rica for his trouble.
Lea was no where to be seen, she had been very scares over the past week only turning up when they were back at the apartments. Sebastien had told the others that she had been very sombre and would not talk about what Rica had her doing. He missed her by his side.

Il Divo were guided onto the stage as thundering applause broke out all across the hall. They had not expected such a reception especially when Urs was missing. They smiled to each other and pointed to faces in the crowed when they realised that some of their die hard fans had gained access. There where a few placards above heads that made it hard not to see. The three of them waved and blew kisses before starting in on a few re arranged songs sharing Urs’ parts between them. They sang four songs and after the second one David made and announcement. “Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. As you can see we are one quarter short this evening.” A shout went up through the hall before he could continue. And someone shouts “We love you all.”
They all smiled and David replied. “And we love you all. But Urs wanted me to tell you he is very sorry he could not be here tonight but he has a very bossy nurse who won’t let him out of bed.”
Again shouts and laughter through the crowd and David continued. “But we are here to support our good friend Tamara Teasdale who will be performing on this wonderful piano you see behind us very shortly. So we shall sing a few more songs and would be grateful if you would give her a warm welcome.”

So Il Divo minus one sang another two songs. All the time Rica was searching for Vaga. She knew he was in the hall, he had to be. Her team were in vantage points all over the hall communicating with each other. She even had one of her own on the door checking ID and tickets as people began to arrive. But nothing.
Just as the last song was coming to a close Tam walked onto the stage behind Il Divo and took up her position seated at the piano waiting. Il Divo were given a standing ovation, a very noisy standing ovation with stamping of feet and shouting. They bowed several times and waved to the crowed and left the stage. Tam sat patiently at the piano waiting for the noise to die down and the crowd to take their seats. As things began to settle someone shouted and someone screamed and the people began to point and shout. Gun, Gun, she’s got a Gun.
Rica was up on the mezzanine level when she heard the commotion. Looking down she could see a lone women standing pointing a gun at the stage. The guard next to her was ready to take a shot when an over zealous civilian tried to take the gun away from her. They were pushed back over the seats. Rica’s men could not get a clear shot of the women due to the interference of civilians. But as she watched in horror the woman began to pull off her hair. It was a wig. It was Vaga.
Rica ran down the back stairs hoping against hope that one of her men could fire before Vaga did.
She stopped cold as a single shot rang out through the hall.

Vaga had pointed the gun back at the stage. By this time their eyes had met and the realisation that his journey was at its end settled within Vaga.
The single shot was fired. He gave a half smile, dropping the gun to the floor and he, himself collapsing with a single stream of blood oozing from the middle of his forehead.
Lea stood on the stage with her gun held out, no expression on her face, still, dark eyes watching Vaga as he realised he was going to die. She had made the kill shot; Lea had stood in for Tam.
David, Sebastien and Carlos stood just off stage dumbstruck by what they had just witnessed. What they were witnessing.
Lea slowly lowered her gun by her side, still watching Vaga as the crowd began to rush to get out of the hall. Rica rushed to Vaga and checked his vital signs. She had no doubt that if Lea had taken the shot he was dead but she needed to make sure. He was. She looked up at the stage and to Lea. Part of her team began to help with crowd control and part came to aid her. Rica left Vaga with them and bounded onto the stage. She came face to face with Lea and looked straight into her eyes. “Hendo. You good?”
Lea smiled weakly and handed Rica the gun. “All’s good Boss.” She turned and walked off the stage. Again she smiled weakly as she passed the Divos and went to sit on the back steps to the rear entrance to the stage.
Sebastien was about to go to her when Tam appeared and went to sit next to her. She put her arm around Lea. Sebastien got a little closer so he could hear what they were saying. Lea spoke first. “I don’t kill people Tam, not anymore. I’m a nurse; I’m supposed to save people.”
“But he would have killed you Lea. If it had been me up on that stage he would have killed me. You saved me Lea, you saved me. You just had to do it with a gun instead of and IV.”
Tears ran down Lea’s face. “What are they going to think of me now Tam? What is Sebastien going to think of me?”
Sebastien choked back his own tears as he walked up behind her and put his hands on her shoulders. “Sebastien is going to think the same of you as he did this morning. He thinks he loves you very much and wants to spend the rest of his life with you. He thinks you are very brave to do what you did after making a new life for yourself.”
Sebastien sat at the other side of Lea. “I told you the other day I loved who you are now. The Lea I love is made up of all those parts of you.”
“But you had never seen that part of my life Seb. I…”
Sebastien stopped her by kissing her. “It only makes me realise just how much you have been through my angel. Nothing can take away from what we have together and together we have a future.”

David and Carlos had been standing behind them the whole time. David moved so he was standing in front of them. “Lea, tonight scared the stuffing out of me but I am sure glad that you were here for Tam, for us. You have become one of us. Like Sebastien said, we don’t think any different of you than we did this morning.” He gave her one of his smiles. “Never know we may just ask you for lessons.”
Sebastien was a little taken back by his comment but it did get a smile out of Lea. “I don’t think the state of New York is ready for a gun toting Divo just yet Miller.”
They all laughed a little. Rica could hear the conversation from where she was and she smiled. David was worth his wait in gold. What it would take weeks of therapy to do he had done with a smile and a wise crack. Lea would be safe and well in her new family.