Chapter 23
Simon had joined every one in Flea’s office that afternoon. Flea had not expected them to all turn up but they had, every one of them wanting to make sure that Tam was ok. Once everyone was settled Flea began to read Parkers will. Like she had said it made for very interesting reading. She read to the part where it mentioned that Tam had the key to his estate and again Tam told her she did not have any keys, had never had any keys. Flea kept reading.
“Tammy you caused me some grief when you came home all painted just before your 16th birthday and your idea of fixing it was to change the picture. You had the key to my heart that day.”
Flea looked at Tam. “Do you have any idea what he means?”
Tam choked back tears. “Pooh Bear.”
The all looked at her somewhat confused but Urs looked a little surprised. “Your tattoo?”
Now they all looked at Urs who was just looking at Tam.
“I called him Pooh Bear. I was a handful as a teenager and went and got a tattoo for my birthday. Parker was so upset at what I had done, I felt so bad I went to get it removed and found out just what would be left if I tried, so I had them tattoo over it. A Pooh Bear. He always said I had stolen the key to his heart that day.”
David was still confused. “So how does that help?’ He looked over at Tam. “You have a tattoo? I never saw it.” He had a cheeky smile on his face.
Tam blushed and Urs got a little defensive. “I should hope not.”
David had never told the others he had seen her naked in the back of the cave so deflected. “Urs get a grip, we all saw her at the hospital remember.”
Again Tam blushed wishing she could hide somewhere.
Lea cleared her throat. “Tattoo just on the top part of her right cheek.”
Sebastien smiled. “She has a tattoo?”
Urs gave Sebastien a look that needed no words, he was not impressed.
Rica brought the meeting back to where it needed to be by placing her fingers in her mouth and letting go with an ear piercing whistle. “Ya’ll need to get back with the program. Flea does this new information help.”
Flea smiled. “It is a password. A key to Parker’s accounts. There is a voice activated safe in his old house.
Tam smiled. “I remember when he had it put it. It was such a big deal. But he used to get mad when I broke the password. We used to play a game. Every time I broke the password I would put something in the safe.”
For the first time that afternoon Simon made himself heard. “So we need to get this little lady to the safe.”

Flea had no intention of letting the whole Il Divo clan into Parker’s house so it was decided that Tam, Urs and Simon would go. The others would all have to wait.
David, Sebastien and Carlos where like dejected children being told they could not go on a trip. Three grown men pouting can look rather sweet. At least Lea and Rica seemed to think so, happy to tease them. The pouting turned to grumbling when they heard the plan that the girls had been talking about on their way to Tony’s. Lea and Rica gave the reasons why they thought they all should get some trauma therapy. Urs was not going to be able to perform for a while and would need some physical therapy, so it was a good opportunity for them all to heal as well.
If he could have David would have folded his arms across his chest to show his displeasure but his cast kept getting in the way. “You girls have this all figured out don’t you? And there is not a damn thing us mere males can do to stop it from happening?”
Both Rica and Lea nodded and smiled. “Not a dang thing honey.” Rica winked at David and they all laughed.
“Seems like we are going to see the shrink whether we like it or not.” David stuck out his tongue and got the same response back from both Lea and Rica.
But Carlos was confused. “What is this shrink? I don’t want to be shrunk.”
Sebastien explained what it was.
“Ahhh. Then I think if our lovely ladies wish us to do this then we should.”
David shoved Carlos. “You’re not supposed to agree with them. Whose side are you on?”
Carlos looked from Sebastien and David to the girls, raised his eyebrow as only he could. “Well the ladies of course.”
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Tam stood on the front steps of Parkers house. The house she had spent so many years in, the house she had called home until she and Steven had been married. Her stomach knotted and she was trembling just a little.
Flea opened the door and waited for Tam to enter, Urs and Simon followed. Tam stood in the large entrance hall with her eyes closed, taking deep breathes and remembering past times. She could almost touch her memories. Opening her eyes she walked into a larger room off to the right. In it stood the most magnificent piano that Urs hade ever seen. Most professional pianist could wait their whole lives and never get to play an instrument such as the one he was looking at. And this is what Tam had to practice on.
Tam walked over to it and gently ran her fingers over the keys. It was out of tune but it still filled her with a sense of being home. Urs smiled. He could see that she had belonged here, it looked and felt right.
Tam wandered around the room and then moved onto the room directly opposite. It was a similar size but filled from floor to ceiling with books and Cd’s. Pictures adorned parts of the walls that had not been consumed by the library. There was a large picture in the centre of the opposite wall. Urs could see that it was Tam in her earlier years and the man must have been Parker. Tam too had seen the picture and she began to cry. She never thought she would see Parker again but now she was here and he was gone it hurt. Urs wrapped his arm around her and kissed her on the top of the head. “He must have loved you very much.”
“I loved him very much. He was my whole family.”
Simon and Flea felt like intruders so remained silent until the moment had passed.
Tam turned from the picture and washed her eyes over the room. It had not changed. Looking as it had the last time she’d been in it, only Parker was missing.
Flea cleared her throat. “Tam do you want to try the password?”
In a normal tone Tam said two words. “Pooh Bear.” There was a quiet beep and a click and a small panel below the picture they had just been looking at popped open. Tam pulled the door open and took out a small origami sculpture. She smiled. “I used to leave pieces of coloured paper in here for Parker and he would make me a sculpture for the next time.” She placed it in the palm of her had and showed it to the others. It was a bear.

Flea went to the safe. “According to Parker’s instructions, there should be papers in here.” She pulled them out and went to sit at the desk to look through them. Just before she sat down she asked Tam if it was ok. “Do you mind if I sit here Tam? I can do this some where else if you like.”
“No that’s okay. Parker would not have minded. He was not like that.”
So Flea sat down and went through the papers. “Okay, I see .mmm. Mr Cowell if you would be so kind to sign this I would be grateful. Flea handed Simon a pen and showed him where to sign. “Now Tam if you could sign here.” Simon passed the pen to Tam and she signed where Flea was pointing. “And again Mr Cowell if you could witness her signature that would be good.”
Flea had Tam sign several other documents and had given Simon a few of them to read.
“Okay we are all done. Give the bank about ten days to get through the red tape and she’s all yours.”
“What’s all mine?”
Flea smiled and spread her arms out. “This is. Tam, the house and the rest of Parkers estate.”
“Oh My. But I can’t afford to look after a house this big.”
Simon butted it. “I beg to differ little lady. If this paperwork is correct, if you leave Parker’s money where he put it, you can live off the interest rather nicely even after paying a ridiculous sum for the up keep of this house.”
Blankly Tam looked at Simon. He smiled at her. “Tam, you’re a multi millionaire several times over.”
As his words registered Tam’s knees went weak and Urs tried to steady her but hurt himself in the process, letting out a cry. In a second the tables had been reversed and Tam was helping Urs. “I’m sorry you hurt yourself? Come and sit down.”
Urs smiled and looked into her wonderful caring eyes. “Now that you have a little money behind you. Do you think you will want to be with just a poor singer?”
Tam kissed him. “Urs I will be with you no matter what. I plan to spend the rest of my life, loving you, caring for you, driving you nuts. Money does not make you rich, what is in your heart and what you give to others makes you rich. You have never been poor Urs. You may have been broke but never poor.”

As they were on their way back to the city Urs text the others.
“You are not going to believe it. C U Soon.”