Morning brought sunlight that gently danced over David’s sweet gentle face as he slept. Rica sighed and smiled as she watched him. Rica had not been in a relationship for a very long time and if this had been David’s first he certainly had all the right moves last night. Her body still ached. David stirred and Rica ran her fingers through his hair. This seemed to settle him down. She did not want him to wake just yet. She just wanted to breathe in his presence, He had made her feel like no other man alive, she could not explain it, did not want to explain it. Could not explain how in such a few short hours he had stolen her heart and her soul so completely. Her head said it was impossible but her heart knew she was consumed by him. In an instant her life had changed. She wondered if David felt the same.
This time Lea found herself watching a sleeping Sebastien, resting her hand on his chest and watching it move to the regular motion of his breathing. Last night he had been her champion, helping to wash away all the thoughts of the day’s events. He had talked to her, he had listened to her, he had sung to her and he had made love to her.
The mobile phone rang and Lea grumbled a little. Sebastien in a semi conscious state mumbled. No throwing the phones Cherie in French and then sat bolt up right when he realised that his phone had actually rang. “No throwing phones! His eyes flashed around the room and fell on Lea who was sitting next to him with a cheeky smile on her face and his phone in her hand.
“You looking for this?”
Sebastien laughed, kissed her and took the phone. It was a text from Carlos wanting to know if they would like to go to breakfast at Tony’s. Lea nodded when she heard. She was hungry.
Tam had spent most of the night just watching Urs as he slept. He had been restless at times and she hummed to him. Each time she did he would settle again. He was still in pain and even in his sleep some movements caused him to wince and his breathing to change. But for the most part he slept well. His mobile went off but as it was on the table being charged Tam jumped off the bed to try and stop it before it woke him. She did not succeed.
As his eyes fell upon her, Urs smiled. She was a thing of beauty and he felt so undeserving of her., but he loved her. She had woven herself into his life, touched every part of him with her presence and he was compelled to give in to his heart.
“Morning my angel.”
Tam looked down at him and her smiled melted his soul. “Morning my Prince. How do you feel?”
“Better now that I am home with you.”
Tam waved the phone.
“Carlos wants us to join them for breakfast at Tony’s. You want to go?”
“Sounds good.”
David had text Sebastien, Carlos and Urs to make sure that they knew that Rica would be coming to breakfast. It seemed that neither Lea nor Tam was overly surprised by his text.
As they all walked to the café Lea noticed that Urs was having trouble with his breathing, He and Tam had dropped back so she dropped back to check on him.
“You okay Urs. Do we need to stop?”
He shook his head but by this time Sebastien was looking for Lea and the others had stopped.
Carlos was concerned for his friend. “Urs. My friend maybe we should have taken a cab.”
Again Urs shook his head. “I’m tired that’s all. Once we get there I’ll be okay.” He looked at Lea and patted her on the shoulder. “I’m alright. I promise.”
In return Lea gave him a kiss on the cheek and whispered in his ear “Liar.”
The four Divos dropped into sync with each other. It was funny, they could be together but people would not instantly recognise them until they actually all walked together and this is what happened. No sooner had they begun to walk side by side they saw the recognition on passers by. The three ladies were now walking in front of them Rica in the middle with her arms entwined with Tam’s and Lea’s.
David had a grin from ear to ear. “I said it before but THAT should come with a THUD warning. Oh lord have mercy if that is not perfection.”
The others laughed but Urs coughed a little and held his side. He did not want the others to fuss so he asked David a question. “And how much of a warning did she give you last night?”
David answered still with a grin on his face. “Not much my friend, not much.”
Sebastien shot him a look. “David you didn’t.”
“Uh Huh We did.”
“But you hardly know the women.”
“Oh I wouldn’t say that.”
Urs spoke up. “Be fair Sebastien. Each one of us has been smitten and we could all say we hardly know them. Even Carlos. Flea seems to have worked her magic on him.”
Carlos said something in Spanish and smiled. “She is unbelievable.”
So the four Divos walked behind three of their ladies and the rest of the world did not exist.
Tam, Rica and Lea were having a much more serious conversation than their male counter parts. Lea was worried about Urs. “He needs to do some serious physical therapy, walking and maybe with a respiratory therapist.”
Tam was worried. “He is not getting sick is he?”
“No. but he needs to build up his strength, regain the full capacity of his lungs if he wants to sing like we all know he can.”
Rica nodded her head. “And you all need to do some trauma counselling.” She could see the protest coming from the other two so she kept going. “I mean it ya’ll. Any one of the situations you have had to deal with would send most people over the edge. But each one of you has had multiple traumatic situations to deal with. If the side effects don’t seep out now, they will later.”
Lea sighed. “They are already seeping out. I’ve noticed.”
By the time they had reached Tony’s the girls had a plan.
By the time they reached Tony’s they saw Flea waiting for them.
Carlos bounded past them, picked her up and swung her around. Yes, definitely smitten.
Tony was delighted to see them. They were his first customers for the day. He was happy to see Urs and shook his hand just a little too hard making Urs wince. “Suzzie’s on this morning she’ll be so happy. Just let me pull these tables together so you can all sit.”
Suzzie came out of the kitchen and a very big smile crept across her face when she saw them. “Hey guys.” She looked at Urs. “How you doing? Maybe you should sit down.” She ushered them to their table. “To think that weasel Vaga was the one after your friend. I never did like him.”
They all looked at each other and Rica said what they were all thinking. “Hun, you knew him?”
“Yeah, was in here every other day making my life miserable don’t you know. You did the world a favour. “I’ll get you all coffee to start.”
Suzzie left them not realising what profound information she had given them.
They all enjoyed some general conversation when Lea noticed that Flea had gone very quiet. “Flea, you okay. Something wrong?”
The others all looked at Flea and she in return looked each one of them in the eyes before dropping her gaze to the table. “I have a confession to make.”
No one spoke. She turned to Carlos. “I will understand if you don’t ever want to see me again.”
Last time Carlos had heard those words his girlfriend had run off with his best friend and half his bank account. He was not looking forward to what was coming.
David shook his head. “This can’t be good”
Rica kicked him under the table. “You say what you got to Hun, just spill it all out.”
Flea took a deep breath. “It was not supposed to happen like this. Carlos you were not supposed to sweep me off my feet. You were all supposed to be such horrible people and you’re not. Scary sometimes but just such nice folk. Horrible would have made my job easier.”
David was about to say something when he felt Rica’s hand on his leg. No bets as to what her nails would do if he opened his mouth. Everyone else was in stunned silence. Waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Flea continued looking straight at Tam. “Tam, you remember that Mr Cowell said he would look into your finances for you. See if you had anything?”
Tam nodded.
“Well your case landed on my desk. Seems I get all the unusual ones. I work for a bank. Well I work for an insurance company who work for a bank. Seems like you have a bit of money stashed away but no one knew if you were who you claimed to be. That’s were I came in. Before we could let Mr Cowell know anything we needed to be sure this was not some scam. That’s how I know Vaga. I began to tail you and he was already doing some tailing of his own. I know most of the investigators around here and he is not one of them. That day in the park I was running late and saw him throw the first rock. He missed you but I shouted and he threw the next one at me and then just threw the last one in your direction. I don’t think he even knew if he had hit anyone. He just ran. I was so worried about you guys I broke protocol and came running to see if you were all right.”
Flea paused for a while and looked at Carlos again. “Can you forgive me for lying to you?”
It was Tam that spoke. She had not spoken in the presence of Flea before.” I have money?”
Flea smiled a little. “Yes. Do you remember a man named Parker?”
Tears welled up in Tams eyes and Urs held her hand. “He was my guardian. After my parents died.”
“Well seems he never gave up that you would come back. He drove everyone crazy with his insistence that you had not died, you would come home. He spent a lot of his own wealth searching for you. When he died.” Flea stopped as Tam let out a little cry and buried her head into Urs’ chest covering her mouth so as her cries could not escape.
Flea’s own eyes became moist. “Oh God I am so sorry I thought you knew.”
Rica stepped in. “You better finish up Hun.”
“He left you his estate Tam. He had a very meticulous will drawn up with some very specific instructions. Seems he expected you to live for 150 years. No one is allowed to touch his estate for 150 year except for you. His will states that you have the key to unlock it.”
Tam dried her eyes. “But I don’t have any keys.”
Will you guys come back to my office I have a copy of the will and other paper work maybe that will give us a clue.”
Flea looked at them all as they all looked back at her. She couldn’t read their faces but guessed that she had just lost some people who could have been great friends and the love of her life.
Their silence was too much for her. “I better go.” Flea began to push her chair back when Carlos caught hold of her hand. “Please, sit Felicity. My heart tells me that you are a kind and honest person. It tells me that you only had Mr Parker’s best interest at heart. I can do no other thing than forgive you.”
David smiled careful not to say anything for fear of a slap up the side of the head or nails in his thighs. But Tam spoke. “When did he die?”
Flea sat back down, not sure the others felt the same as Carlos. “Sorry Tam. I really did think you already knew. He died about three years ago, prostate cancer.”
Again Tam rested her head on Urs chest and let her tears role.
Rica spoke up. “Think ya’ll should take a look at those papers don’t you.”
The all nodded in agreement. It would seem that quietly and without words Flea had been forgiven.