Claudia Ross and Wyatt Perry were in a cold war. Wyatt couldn't defend himself, so he stubbornly held her.
Holding her, even if he didn't speak, he felt satisfied.
During the days and nights in the detention center, he missed her so much he almost went crazy, sometimes waking up from dreams in a fright, repeatedly calling her name as he touched the cold edge of the bed.
He wouldn't know how afraid he was of losing her.
She wouldn't know how deeply he loved her.
Only by holding her could his restless heart be calmed.
Claudia Ross couldn't pry Wyatt Perry's hands away, so she resigned herself to letting him hold her.
After a busy day, she was also tired, leaning into Wyatt Perry's warm embrace, so comfortable she didn't want to open her eyes.
Claudia Ross drifted off into dreamland in a daze.
...
Early the next morning, Claudia Ross and Ray Hudson took the whole family to the Capital.
