I do know what you've been trying to say.

I am conscious that you are no longer the boy I could pet and love and caress without embarrassment to either of us.

You are a man, but try to remember that I am several years older----" "Does that matter!" he burst out.
"Yes, dear, it does....

I care for you--and Geraldine--more than for anybody in the world.

I understand your loyalty to me, Scott, and I--I love it.