Lost and Alone

Chapter 5

Walter awoke before Paige.  slowly, as to not wake the woman asleep in his arms he reached for his phone turning it on to check the time. 7:30. Carefully he moved Paige so she was laying on the couch and stood up  stretching out his sore muscles in the process. He reached for the blanket on the back of the couch dropping it over her before heading to the kitchen to put coffee on.  Half an hour later Ralph came stumbling down the stairs and over to the table where Walter sat on his laptop.

 "Is Mum still asleep?" the young boy mumbled. "yeah she is, I think she needs it. Are you hungry?" Ralph nodded as he grabbed his cereal from the cupboard and made his breakfast. It was at this point that Amelia decide to make herself known letting out a deathly cry from up stairs. not wanting Paige to wake up the genius moved to see what was wrong.  After 15 minutes of wrestling with the crying infant and a dirty nappy Walter brought Amelia down stairs who had fallen asleep on his shoulder. He quickly scrawled out a note for Paige before grabbing her car keys. After dropping Ralph at school Walter Made his way to the garage with Amelia to start his search for Tamia. 

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Paige sat up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. Why hadn't Ralph woken her yet? she thought as moved to the kitchen. looking at the clock on the microwave she started to panic. It was 9:30 Ralph was late for school and she was late for work! "shit I better call Walter and let him know I'm running late" she mumbled to herself. Running back to the lounge-room to grab her phone she spotted a folded piece of paper on the coffee table with her name on it in very familiar hand writing.  Picking up the note she began to read. 

Paige,

Stop panicking. I have already dropped Ralph off at school. I told him not to wake you it looked like you could use the rest. I also took Amelia with me as I didn't feel comfortable leaving her unattended while you were sleeping. Come to the garage whenever you're ready, my keys are at your front door.

-W

Paige smiled at the note in her hand. The man really was sweet when he wanted to be. After 15 minutes of getting ready Paige was out the door.

Walking into the garage She couldn't believe what she was seeing. "he has been in that position for the last hour" Toby whispered in her ear before passing her to go to the coffee pot. Walter sat at his desk, legs crossed on his chair With Amelia laying in his lap, one hand typing away on the keyboard in front of him while the other hand lay on top of the baby in his lap holding her in place. She quickly snapped a photo for evidence before walking over to him. "What are you doing there?" she asked bending down to check on Amelia. 

"I am going through the files on the hard drives we found at the house. I hoped that there will be a clue as to were your sister is or at the very least were she has been. However the hard drives are heavily encrypted to the point were even I am struggling to crack it. I have gotten into one so far, it was full of CIA files every single one that was stolen in the hack last week. nothing that helps us." Walter dragged his hand through his hair in that way he does when he cant solve a problem. 

"Its OK Walter, we will figure it out. I have faith in you." Paige comforted him. At that moment the child in Walters lap started to fuss and reach out for her. Smiling at her niece Paige lifted Amelia into her arms calming her down as she walked back over to her desk and sat down, oblivious to Walter watching her as she moved. Quickly snapping out of it he turned back to his computer screen. 

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An hour later and he still hadn't found anything useful and was starting to get frustrated. Walter glanced at Paige as stood to place a sleeping Amelia on the couch. Taking note of every movement she made, which did not go unnoticed by the shrink in the room, a small sad smile appeared on his face. That could be your future if you would just grow a pair and tell her how you feel, he thought to himself in a voice that sound suspiciously like Toby. shaking his head he turned back to his computer. That could never happen he couldn't risk it. Just as he was about to give up on the current hard drive he was working on he found something. 

"Guys I got something" Walter called out as his eyes met Paige's.  "it was hidden so deep I almost didn't see it." "what is it Walt" Happy encouraged thoroughly annoyed at his dramatics. "Two plane tickets... to New York." "Two...?" Paige asked confused. "In our names" Walter continued as he looked directly at Paige. 

"She wants us to follow her..."

I know I know its been way to long since I updated. I am really sorry guys. here it is enjoy. please comment and tell me what you think and if you have any ideas of were you think this little adventure should go next or something you would like me to add comment it and I will take it into consideration.