1. Kindness is never wasted in the world.
2. Bertie wanted Tom to come home with him for Christmas.
3. He was willing to miss Christmas with Aunt Laura in order to stay at school so Bertie wouldn't be alone.
1: never got the full attention of the parents like the oldest did. 2: Always has to share the parents attention with a more mature older sibling and the baby of the family.3: Probably feels the frustration of not getting to do things the older sibling can, and probably doesn’t get the coddling and extra attention the baby demands.
The answer is D. I because it is the object of a preposition