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Chapter 66
Nick's View
"Rob can we please talk?" I asked walking into the
kitchen. Darlene and Rob were sitting at the table talking. He turned and
looked at me annoyed.
"About what Mimk?" he asked.
"It's Nick daddy," Darlene corrected him.
"Oh I'm sorry sweetie," he smiled at Darlene and then
he turned back to me. "If you want to talk to me sit down."
I sat down and then said, "Why do you hate me?"
"Hate you? I never said anything about hating you,"
Rob smirked.
"I just know that you hate me. I don't see why you
treat me like shit," I said.
"Oh now don't be using bad language with my grandchildren
near by," he said sternly.
"I'll say what I want! Now will you answer my question?
Why do you hate me so much?"
"Like I said I never said I hated you," he
shrugged.
"Will you just answer the damn question? I try to
be nice to you...but you don't give any effort back. I don't see what I did
to deserve such treatment from the father of the woman I love. I never did
anything that should have made you treat me the way you do," I said.
"Oh yes you did do something to deserve the way you
are being treated. You took my daughter away from me."
"I didn't take her away from you! She was bound to
get married sometime wasn't she? I bet you if we didn't get married you would
be treating the other guy like shit too!"
"That isn't true. I would like him way better than
I do you!"
"Then why do you not like me? What did I do? I have
supported her and this family for years now! I'm responsible and I'm a loving
and caring husband and I don't think she could get any better than what she
has right now in her life. I'm happy...she's happy so why can't you be happy
for us?"
"I'm not happy with the life she or my grandchildren
are living! You're gone 7 months out of the year! They never get to see you
and that's not what I call supporting a family. Paying the bills isn't the
only thing you're supposed to do! Are you here for all their birthday's?
Were you here for their first day of school? Were you here when Darlene went
into labor with Ryan or Hannah for that matter? No you weren't! To me my
daughter deserves much better than what she has now! If she would have married
a normal guy she would be living a normal life. She practically raises the
kids on her own! I don't see you helping at all!"
"I help out a lot! I'm their father and her husband
and I try my best to be here for the important things in their lives. Being
in the music business isn't that easy! Why don't you try it sometime! I try
the best I can to make my family happy and to me I'm doing a great job at
it!"
"He is daddy," Darlene said softly. Rob turned to
her and said, "What?"
"I am happy...we're all happy with what we have and
how we are living. We get to see Nick more than you think. He comes home
almost every week to visit and then goes back on tour the following day and
I we go on tour with him sometimes. It's not as bad as you think daddy."
"Sweetie I just think you could do better than
this!"
"I don't need anything better! Isn't having a family
and a loving husband good enough? It's good enough for me so why isn't it
good enough for you? I just want you to like Nick. He is my husband and we're
not going to split up any time soon. I want you two to get along."
"That's what I want," I said. Rob sighed loudly and
then said, "You're really happy honey?"
"I've been happy ever since I met Nick," she smiled
at me. Rob sighed again and then said, "As long as you're happy...I might
as well just accept the fact that you're with him and that you're in the
life you want to live."
"Thank you daddy!" Darlene exclaimed.
"Yeah thanks Rob...I really do love her and I try
my best to take care of her and the kids."
He looked at me and for the first time ever he gave
me a warm smile, "I think you're doing a great job at it son."
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