"No, I just always called him uncle because he is family to us and vice versa. At Dad's funeral, he came up to me and said that he hoped I was going to keep this business going. I promised him I wasn't going anywhere by choice. So, I guess I have no choice but to make this thing work, not that it's particularly hard now. I have the clientele, I just have to do the work well and they keep coming back."

He looked at me quite seriously then.

"I have you to thank for a lot of that. I know how much work you do and I'm aware of...