Chapter 66 Property Damage
Richard's POV
I cannot believe my father showed up at Wild Blooms just to start a fucking fight he's gonna lose! I really don't know what he was doing there! It's not like I need his permission to go anywhere or do what I want to do. What did he expect to happen? I am not going to bend or his will any longer. I'm stronger than he is, and if he pulls another stunt like that again, he's gonna find out why the hell I spend so much time in my weight room.
How the hell he figured I'd be here is another story. Is he having me followed? He better not be! I'm not one of his little pawns and if I find his minions trailing me, they will be missing body parts soon.
That look in his eyes the second he saw me with my arms around Josie was pure murder. That look is only reserved for his worst punishments... Beatings I wouldn't wake up from for hours. I used to get them frequently, but not anymore. Never again am I going to let him intimidate me.
The bastard is a drunk, washed up, old rock-star. Some of his songs are still played on oldie stations. He is not as important as he thinks he is. And yet, he still has a following of little worms that will do his bidding for hell knows what. Where the hell does he get his imaginary power from? The moon?
That's why it's almost laughable for him to start ordering me around like I'm 10 years old again. I'm not! I've got my own fucking company. I've got my own mansion. I have my own money. My own friends... I'm completely free of him and his tyranny. I refuse to be anything like the bastard.
“What the hell are you doing here?” He had the gall to ask me, like I was some criminal not allowed to see the woman I love. News Flash: I'm totally allowed to see Josie any damn time I want to.
I remember Josie stiffening in my arms as she glared at my father. I don't blame her! If I'd been in her position, I would've glared too. Hell, I'm not in her position, and I was also glaring! The bastard had a lot of nerve showing up after what he's done to her parents.
Well, screw him. He's gonna learn soon I'm not going to take his shit any more. I haven't seen him in weeks for a reason. He's been a pain in my ass, showing up at Kingston Muse and ordering me around my own damn company. That is not gonna work for me. Obviously no one listens to him. I've warned them not to take any orders from him after he screwed up one of my contracts 2 years ago. Just because he used to know how to sing and play a guitar doesn't mean he knows shit about record companies.
“I could ask you the same question. You have nothing to do with Josie!” I snarled back, furious he was anywhere near my woman. There was a reason I came to her and did not drag her to my family! I wanted to keep her safe. “I have no idea what the hell you are doing, but you aren’t going to force me to leave her ever again!”
To say I was pissed that he showed up and started to order me around again (and actually expected me to listen) was like saying it's a bad idea to piss into the wind. He's so fucking controlling and I'm sick and tired of all the shit he's done.
Then he went off on why Josie is no good for me. None of it was accurate. It's all lies, and he wasn't convincing anyone, least of all me. I know exactly what kinda girl my little dancer is. A hardworking, caring, compassionate individual who has had a hard life and could really use some love right now. (Especially after I showed her what that bastard of a 'boyfriend' was up to! I'm praying now she will finally listen to reason!)
“She was just a little thing. She is just a fucking gold-digger... stuck with her bitch of an aunt and lazy-ass uncle! What the hell were you planning on doing anyway? Settling down for a piece of trash like her?" He ranted and raved, flinging lies like shit.
Just where the hell does he get off calling her something like that? I'm not sure where he got his information, or if he's just saying it to be a jackass. Doesn't matter, either way, he can go fuck himself. I was so damn tempted to take one of Hailey's pretty vases and smash it over his head, but then I'd feel bad for destroying her property.