we 'd play all day , only coming home for food and sleep . `` this is n't what i want , either , '' thomas said . `` but now there 's steel wool stuffed under that chained-up door , and a ton of peanut butter behind the false wall . `` no one is going back to the hall until you all calm down . it would n't be easy to walk away from him and into cooper 's arms , even though she assumed it probably should be . 