The context of that scene though was Cuddy sharing a technique she learnt in therapy with Wilson (who has his own ongoing problems). I'm not sure that Cuddy would share that (or the family warmth in this scene) with the non-existent nanny.
This is the only overt statement that I can think of in the story so far:
"Wilson, you know that Rachel and I love you and would miss you," she said gently.
Everything else is in the actions - 'it's not what you say it's what you do'. Cuddy and Wilson were estranged for years, but Cuddy came to help him when he truly needed it (taking him to Mayfield). She was there for him all the time he was in Mayfield, and in this story she contacts Nolan when he relapses, worries herself sick about his thymoma and tries to reconcile Pete and Wilson because she knows how important that friendship is to both. She lets Wilson crash on her proverbial couch when he needs it. She contacts his work and smooths things over for him, she gets rid of all the alcohol in the house and forbids Pete from buying more. Wilson is family to Cuddy - and she has little of her own family left to her.
(Hmm, when I write that I think it parallels Wilson & House in canon a little bit)
Obviously if you don't see it you don't see it, and the story isn't giving you what you want then nothing anybody says is going to change that but I think it's there, even if it's not given in internal dialogue.
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This is the only overt statement that I can think of in the story so far:
"Wilson, you know that Rachel and I love you and would miss you," she said gently.
Everything else is in the actions - 'it's not what you say it's what you do'. Cuddy and Wilson were estranged for years, but Cuddy came to help him when he truly needed it (taking him to Mayfield). She was there for him all the time he was in Mayfield, and in this story she contacts Nolan when he relapses, worries herself sick about his thymoma and tries to reconcile Pete and Wilson because she knows how important that friendship is to both. She lets Wilson crash on her proverbial couch when he needs it. She contacts his work and smooths things over for him, she gets rid of all the alcohol in the house and forbids Pete from buying more. Wilson is family to Cuddy - and she has little of her own family left to her.
(Hmm, when I write that I think it parallels Wilson & House in canon a little bit)
Obviously if you don't see it you don't see it, and the story isn't giving you what you want then nothing anybody says is going to change that but I think it's there, even if it's not given in internal dialogue.