Claude buckled Alois, who only knew small parts of the story, into the car, Alex was in the middle (for a reason) and Claude sat to the right of Alex. Hannah was in the front driving and beside her was no-one to keep her company. Claude knew that mentioning Ciel or Finny would cause Alex to have a breakdown, if Alex cried - that meant he could hug her. Claude wanted Alex's' trust back, but he knew this would be a pretty stupid way of regaining it. "Did Ciel hurt you?" Instantly Alex had tears in her eyes, they went extremely glassy. Claude lifted his arm up and put it around his daughters waist then pulled her into a hug. He felt her answer saying "no' and then shudder and he knew exactly why, he took all blame for asking the silly question.

Alex was crying into her fathers chest. Alois and Hannah were watching on, not in a sadistic way but a happy way, Alex was hugging Claude without trying to escape him. Eventually she fell asleep but only five minutes before the car arrived at Trancy Manor. As the car stopped, Claude got a tired Alex out of the car and watched on as Alois actually walked himself up to the doors of the Manor. Claude noticed that Alois started to become less demanding and was doing things for himself. Claude opened the doors to the house, Alois walked straight to the lounge and got the fire started to heat up the cold house. Claude ended up carrying Alex into the lounge, he shushed her and gently sat her on the couch then he quietly headed upstairs to fetch Alex some pjs.

Alex froze as she was in a t-shirt and football shorts (pjs). Once in the lounge, her father was sitting on the couch and saw Alex walking over to the lounge. He made a hand movement for her to come and sit beside him. Claude stared into his daughters eyes as she watched the fire. Alex desperately wanted to talk to Finnian but that was ruined by her dizzy spell and then the even that took place on the second floor. Claude tried to pull Alex in for a hug but she just sat there. Alex shyed away from attention even though she craved it but the hug was an overload.