Sitting in his lap, she shakes her head. "I've had them just fine, Hannibal." Closing her eyes, she chooses her words carefully. "Most girls don't have those experiences while they're around her father, but you've been more than that. You didn't have just one role in my life, and you wouldn't have even if Dad had lived."
She wondered if he'd have fallen in love with her if she hadn't been his ward, but then tried to stop herself. That was madness.