Richard Young

Richard Young is Tessa’s father, returning to her life as both a source of long-missed affection and a focus of unresolved family conflict. His brief appeal to be included in her reunion with Landon gives way to a more difficult reckoning: he says he is trying to make up for lost time, while Carol challenges his right to claim closeness and confronts him about drugs.

Identity and Renewed Contact

When Tessa returns, Landon embraces her so warmly that she begins sobbing. Richard, waiting nearby, asks, “Can her old man get a turn?” The request presents him as eager to share in her homecoming, but Landon and Hardin first attend to Tessa’s emotional state. Richard’s place in her life is thus immediately personal, yet the scene does not suggest that affection alone can erase what has come between them.

Conflict Around His Return

In a separate encounter, Chad arrives asking where a man is. Hardin steps into the hallway to keep the confrontation from disturbing Tessa. Chad is wearing the watch Richard gave Hardin, linking the exchange to Richard even as the brief scene leaves Chad’s purpose unstated.

Lost Time and Drug Use

Carol confronts Richard over his attempt to make up for lost time, insisting that he cannot simply claim a place in Tessa’s life. She also accuses him of taking drugs. Richard answers that he is no longer doing so, then holds his ground as the argument intensifies. His insistence marks a claim to change, but the scene offers it amid anger and distrust rather than as a settled reconciliation.

Richard’s return therefore remains unresolved: he seeks renewed contact with Tessa, while Carol’s objections and the accusation about drugs expose how fragile that effort is. The available scenes establish both his wish to reclaim lost closeness and the resistance surrounding it, without confirming how their relationship develops afterward.