"Mm, I'll wait for you here."
Claudia Ross felt a warm feeling in her heart.
Her husband was coming, and her father would arrive soon too; she felt even less afraid.
Tabby Teller was in the middle of an emergency meeting for earthquake relief and didn't say much to Claudia Ross.
After the call ended, villagers came to borrow the phone, hoping to reassure their daughters working far away.
The villagers soon surrounded Claudia Ross.
Claudia Ross had them line up, taking turns one by one.
She helped them make the calls, keeping the conversations short and sweet.
Finally able to speak to their children, the small square was quickly filled with crying.
Unable to contact their families, many villagers' children had already bought train tickets to the neighboring county, eager to return home.
The mountain nights were especially gloomy and cold; Claudia Ross and Wyatt Perry huddled together under a tattered blanket.
