 Like his father, he had a head for business, prior to his owning of Beaver Ridge, he owned a business called the Club Victoria, where he was involved with singer, Kate Swanson (Leonie Norton and Sally Stark).However, he was truly in love with Cal, despite her mother's financing of his compound.He sadly admitted to Cal that he had cheated on her with her mother, and she drove off in a rage at both Rick and her mother.