A Daughter To Love.. (Amanda Mealing/Casualty Fanfiction)

Suspicions...

(Richard's P.O.V)
I was laying next to Amanda.. her arms wrapped around me. All I kept picturing was that car outside the house last night while I was settling Perrie... I couldn't see who was sitting in the drivers seat... it was dark outside but the headlights on the car were dimmed.  I wonder if it was Seth? He'd not been around for months... weeks.

If he was going to ruin my baby girl's relationship and destroy her mentally again.. he had another thing coming. He couldn't just see Issac when it suited him. He's not even paid Mia any child support. Like we are supporting her financially with Issac. He just decided to ditch her when she got pregnant.. Like who does that? A little immature, childlike, stupid boy that's who.

He knows that she suffers from mental health issues too. She's not had a breakdown in months due to staying calm, talking to us as a family and just airing out her feelings when she needs too. Seeing her this happy makes Amanda happy. Her and Perrie get along so well. They will defenitley be close when Perrie gets older.

"Darling? Is everything Ok?" Amanda took my hand and squeezed it tightly. "I was settling Perrie last night as you fell asleep... and I saw a car outside. The headlights were on. The windows were blacked out. I don't know why babe... but I had a horrible feeling that it was Seth. Look what Mia has been through.. She's not self-harmed in months. She's been so good at opening up to us, her brothers and Adam when she needs to let off steam. We'd even checked her beside draws to make sure she's not keeping any sharp objects hidden away. I know it sounds awful... but me and Amanda are just trying to protect her.

"I hate him... Amanda, shall we tell Mia about looking through her draws? She's going to go insane if she knows that we've been snooping around.. you know how defensive she gets...." She took my hand. "Well... this is one of our daughters we are talking about Richard. Remember when I showed you her case file? She used to run away all the time because of her 'dad'. He was an alcoholic. She's still scared. Petrified that she's going to have to maybe one day.... face her past and see him. She's been taking her medication. Not that we've watching her. We just have to trust her.  She's not been snapping constantly which is a improvement. We've just got to keep an eye on her." I laid down next to Amanda and I slowly fell asleep. Mia just couldn't go through this again....