but while pam was looking for the right deal in aspen, back in tucson, gary triano was feeling uneasy. gary said, i think we are being followed. i just thought, you are starting to scare me, dude. [laughs] taylor showbergh, his girlfriend at the time, says was gary was convinced that someone was following him. i remember asking him, why would anyone want to follow you? and he said, because of a life insurance policy. turns out gary was insured for $2 million. his children, trevor and lois were the beneficiaries. until they turned 18, though, the money was controlled by their mother, pam. they had gone through a nasty divorce? yes. there were child custody battles and visitation battles. so it would be natural that you would be looking at her. yes.
which, to some, was ironic. i was basically mr. mom. pam s former nanny, kevin mcdonald. i was taking care of trevor and lois for seven days a week. day and night. and according to him, pam was too busy shopping to take care of her kids. shopping, that is, for a new husband. she wasn t apologetic about it. all of her expenses, she was getting worried. because she said kevin, i m down to my last $60,000. what should i do, she said. i said, get a job. but she was focused on finding a man with a job, a good one. she wanted to find a husband that was worth at least $20 million. that s what she told me. worth $20 million. so the pam that married gary triano for his money hadn t changed. except zip codes. yes. zip code and weather.
Were happy. they seemed happy. they would sing love songs. gary and pam had some very good years, says gary s niece melissa. they were running around with marla maples, donald trump, they were friends with lee majors. and just taking really extravagant trips. money flowing like water? yeah. gary helped pam launch an astrology website, starbabies. com. the site was designed to give parents an astrological reading about their children. it was a business pam started after her children, trevor, and lewis were born. what do you say trev? heather and brian say those new babies brought them closer to their new stepmother. we grew to like her and love her as a step mom. and as mother of our brother and sister. she was great, very sweet. and i think also being a girl,