. It's just ... well, it's silly, I know, but ... well, I never go to bed without a goodnight kiss from Dad, and..." And I'm the best substitute you h...ave."She looked horrorstruck. "Uncle Randy, I didn't mean it that way!" You didn't mean it as a compliment?" No! I meant..." The high, smooth forehead wrinkled in confusion. "What?"We stopped in front of her bedroom door and faced each other. "Your number one choice was your father. I was number two, the next person after your father. I thought. Bjorn kissed the top of his girlfriend’s head and said, “Sorry you can’t be out there with us tonight. I know you would have loved to have been out there for Carrie’s sake but if I get anywhere in the competition then every cent of prize money I win will also go straight into that trust fund for her. I’m also going to donate the money I get from our choir performances too. It might not be much in terms of what Carrie and her family actually need but I hope it helps all the same.”Jessie looked. After the kids had gone to bed and before he had a chance to go to his office I took the bit between my teeth, ‘Peter, I want to talk to you.’ ‘What about, is it important?’ ‘Yes it is important! I’m not happy with our relationship.’ ‘What is wrong with it? Don’t I provide for you and the kids?’ ‘Yes, but that’s not enough.’ ‘What more do you want?’ ‘Some love and affection would be nice. Let me ask you, when was the last time that you held me and told me that you loved me?’ ‘I don’t know, it. "Fine, you're right. So what are you up to these days?" Letting the Chai run down her throat and soothe her body."Well I work for a firm that sponsor's projects and things like that," he explained. "What about you? If memory serves me correctly you were bit of a bookworm," he said with a cheeky grin."Haha; actually I'm doing my PhD at IOE in actuarial maths and we're about to finish off a project," she explained."The IOE? My firm, or more specifically my sector, sponsors the maths department..